I agree 100%. If I accidentally delete my ebooks or my hard drive crashes and I didn't have a copy burned to cd then that's my fault. It's when publishers try and limit fair use backups that I have a problem with it. As far as I know there's no reason you can't burn an ebook to cd or keep it on floppies for backup purposes (unless there's some pesky activation issue when you go to use the backups after losing the original.)
Well it's not cheap considering the hardware you have to buy but iSilo works well for this. It runs on Palms, Pocket PCs and Windows. You convert the articles you want whether it's txt or html. It takes a little bit of time to get up to speed with the free converter iSiloX if you need to convert complex docs but it works pretty well. The reader itself is not free but does have a trial period.
Interesting how dependent we become on our tools. I am in tech support working at an IBM location and no one here can search Google. The page comes up but search results come back with a -27 service error and 503.
It wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't so used to searching Google Web and Google Groups when working on a perplexing problem. I actually thought to go and do a search to see if others were reporting this problem in their blogs. Of course I caught myself only after I typed my search in my Google toolbar. Doh!
I can. The Powerbook G5 will be an awesome technical challenge. There's already been talk of trouble getting the G5 to cool properly in the diminutive iMac case. You can imagine how difficult it will be to get it working in a slim Powerbook. I seem to recall reading that some people were predicting we wouldn't see a G5 Pbook until a lower power chip was released by IBM (I obviously can't speak intelligently on that so I suggest you disregard it completely.)
"Have any Slashdot readers ever actually used the backwards compatibility on their PlayStation 2?"
Well I have. If for nothing else than Metal Gear Solid. Even the dated graphics can't reduce the appeal of this modern classic.
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I like the idea of blogging even though I don't blog myself. I do wonder though if all these blogs might be valuable in the future. Consider Samuel Pepy's Diary. It provides an invaluable look at what life was like in the 17th century.
I imagine that while a majority of blogs are from angsty self important whiners it's when significant events happen that it's interesting to go back and read people's take on it. I don't know about anyone else but I've often clicked on the Hall of Fame section and read comments from some of the most replied to stories. It's fascinating (well to some) to see what people thought and said during significant events. Assuming that many blogs will still be around thanks to sites like The Internet Archive it could be a valuable reference and research tool for future generations. And then again maybe only the bad blogs will survive. The ones that proclaim Lemmy is god and George W. is teh suck.
YES they would charge the card. I had a Zip drive and had to call for tech support because Windows 95 wouldn't recognize it. I had to pay $14.95 just to speak to a person. A few years later I received a letter in the mail saying that I was able to join a class action lawsuit against Iomega.
Details here: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-208214.html?l egacy=c net
As in SCO I mean. Do they mean the drivel that they and especially Darl spew in these interviews?
"Open-source software--available widely through the Internet--has the potential to provide our nation's enemies or potential enemies with computing capabilities that are restricted by U.S. law," McBride said. "A computer expert in North Korea who has a number of personal computers can download the latest version of Linux...and in short order build a virtual supercomputer."
There are so many things wrong with what he's saying. Linux is not an American product. Who's to say N. Korea can't buy their Linux servers from some company outside the U.S.? Turbolinux is from Japan right? There must be dozens of Linux distros from all over the world. Hey I know, N. Korea could use that commie distro being developed by the Chinese government.
Maybe I'm wasting my breath even pondering what these guys are talking about. I admit I haven't delved deep into this SCO fiasco but I guess I'm starting to see what other./ers are talking about.
"Local radio listeners should not be subjected to the inevitable interference that would result from shoehorning more stations onto an already overcrowded radio dial," spokesman Dennis Wharton said.
As if what they're broadcasting is preferable to static. I love the idea that this will give more people a voice. Of course when you start giving out freedoms you have to give them to the weirdos too but that's a small price to pay.
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That's nothing. I use Privoxy and it blocks animations by default. So all I see are the eyes. Rather creepy but seems appropriate what with that Druish holiday coming up at the end of the month.
To be fair they are far more than just service packs. They add lots of features that do add value but whether or not those features are worth $129 is up to the individual to decide.
I personally don't care for buying my OS again every year. That's what it amounts to. I waited to buy Jaguar earlier this year so it will sting a little more than usual unless I wait a while to buy Panther also.
I personally would prefer an upgrade price. I know that point was beaten to death on many Mac forums last time around but I think it's valid. To each his own though.
According to the text feed from MacNN the G5 will run 'up to 2Ghz'. I know this is a 64 bit chip and that I shouldn't compare numbers but we know consumers will. Does this mean that 2Ghz is the most it will do?
Another question. Too many cobwebs from electronics classes so many years ago so what does this mean:
'IBM VP says it "costs $3 billion to fab this thing" because they "shrunk the gate length to 6 atomic units."'
For one thing you have to start somewhere. If you'd read the article you'd know that it isn't planned to be compatible with NT 4.0 only. They're thinking ahead and planning for all future iterations of NT (ie Win2k, XP etc.)
Secondly, and I realize this has been mentioned by others already but I'll say it again, WHY are you berating a product at 0.1.0 for lacking features??? Your nick is FreeLinux, I wonder were you around for one of those.9x releases of Linux berating Linus for not having SMP or IDE support?
I'm not a an OS or kernel hacker or any other type of programmer. But it seems to me this is exactly the type of project that many/. readers are interested in and if this intrigues even one talented OS programmer/enthusiast to contribute to the project then that's a good thing for ReactOS.
I read through the article, and it seems pretty clear that NARAS has decided to embrace P2P, file-sharing, and subscription models without DRM as the primary form of music distribution.
It should be pointed out that the article is written by John Snyder who is president of Artist House records which is itself a member of NARAS. His article is not an official statement by NARAS but rather his opinion. He's basically saying that this is the direction he believes NARAS should take. They should as he (and another NARAS member put it) make a "study" of the matter. The author says it best himself of course:
Charlie Feldman suggested that the board undertake a "study" of the matter. He's right, only we should go further. I think we need a symposium, a gathering of eagles. NARAS should take the lead in this matter. Those who are taking it now are leading us over a cliff. The RIAA has staked out an untenable position that is as unrealistic as it is anti-consumer and anti-artist.
Some members of NARAS clearly realize that the RIAA's clinging to the old ways are dragging them down. I hope other organizations protecting the rights of authors take the same open-minding "future looking" attitude as this author. He isn't saying music should be free but rather it's time to adjust and adapt to not only new technology but the new consumption habits that the technology has helped bring about in comsumers.
Excellent instructions and I have been doing this myself with Mdk 8.x for a while now.
If people decide that's too much work and/or they are constantly switching desktop environments then I can recommend Xtart. A neat little tool/command that you enter instead of startx and will give you a menu of all the windowing systems on your computer and allow you to decide at anytime. This is handy because it doesn't change what's referenced in your.xinitrc file so you could have a default but easily change to a different environment on the fly for testing or whatever.
I can't recall if it's available with the distro or not (haven't installed it in a while) but if not it can be downloaded from rpmfind.net.
FastMail is a great email service that's gaining quite a large following. There's multiple membership levels including a free service. Definitely worth checking out.
If this isn't your cup of tea I strongly suggest you check out EmailAddresses.com for a fairly comprehensive list of email services.
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I agree 100%. If I accidentally delete my ebooks or my hard drive crashes and I didn't have a copy burned to cd then that's my fault. It's when publishers try and limit fair use backups that I have a problem with it. As far as I know there's no reason you can't burn an ebook to cd or keep it on floppies for backup purposes (unless there's some pesky activation issue when you go to use the backups after losing the original.)
Well it's not cheap considering the hardware you have to buy but iSilo works well for this. It runs on Palms, Pocket PCs and Windows. You convert the articles you want whether it's txt or html. It takes a little bit of time to get up to speed with the free converter iSiloX if you need to convert complex docs but it works pretty well. The reader itself is not free but does have a trial period.
It wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't so used to searching Google Web and Google Groups when working on a perplexing problem. I actually thought to go and do a search to see if others were reporting this problem in their blogs. Of course I caught myself only after I typed my search in my Google toolbar. Doh!
Oh give the guy a break. It's just a little karma whoring. You saying you never whored? Not even a little? Liar.
I can. The Powerbook G5 will be an awesome technical challenge. There's already been talk of trouble getting the G5 to cool properly in the diminutive iMac case. You can imagine how difficult it will be to get it working in a slim Powerbook. I seem to recall reading that some people were predicting we wouldn't see a G5 Pbook until a lower power chip was released by IBM (I obviously can't speak intelligently on that so I suggest you disregard it completely.)
With about 95% of the country being Buddhist at least they're already familiar with the concept of suffering ;-)
Well I have. If for nothing else than Metal Gear Solid. Even the dated graphics can't reduce the appeal of this modern classic.
I imagine that while a majority of blogs are from angsty self important whiners it's when significant events happen that it's interesting to go back and read people's take on it. I don't know about anyone else but I've often clicked on the Hall of Fame section and read comments from some of the most replied to stories. It's fascinating (well to some) to see what people thought and said during significant events. Assuming that many blogs will still be around thanks to sites like The Internet Archive it could be a valuable reference and research tool for future generations. And then again maybe only the bad blogs will survive. The ones that proclaim Lemmy is god and George W. is teh suck.
Read this website several months ago and it's quite detailed. Maybe more than you wanted to know but it's very detailed and is a good read.
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YES they would charge the card. I had a Zip drive and had to call for tech support because Windows 95 wouldn't recognize it. I had to pay $14.95 just to speak to a person. A few years later I received a letter in the mail saying that I was able to join a class action lawsuit against Iomega.
l egacy=c net
Details here:
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-208214.html?
"Open-source software--available widely through the Internet--has the potential to provide our nation's enemies or potential enemies with computing capabilities that are restricted by U.S. law," McBride said. "A computer expert in North Korea who has a number of personal computers can download the latest version of Linux...and in short order build a virtual supercomputer."
There are so many things wrong with what he's saying. Linux is not an American product. Who's to say N. Korea can't buy their Linux servers from some company outside the U.S.? Turbolinux is from Japan right? There must be dozens of Linux distros from all over the world. Hey I know, N. Korea could use that commie distro being developed by the Chinese government.
Maybe I'm wasting my breath even pondering what these guys are talking about. I admit I haven't delved deep into this SCO fiasco but I guess I'm starting to see what other ./ers are talking about.
"Local radio listeners should not be subjected to the inevitable interference that would result from shoehorning more stations onto an already overcrowded radio dial," spokesman Dennis Wharton said.
As if what they're broadcasting is preferable to static. I love the idea that this will give more people a voice. Of course when you start giving out freedoms you have to give them to the weirdos too but that's a small price to pay.
That's nothing. I use Privoxy and it blocks animations by default. So all I see are the eyes. Rather creepy but seems appropriate what with that Druish holiday coming up at the end of the month.
Dude, Buzz Aldrin is gonna kick your sorry ass when he sees this post!
Well I see that they've announced a 3Ghz model within 12 months so that answers that question.
To be fair they are far more than just service packs. They add lots of features that do add value but whether or not those features are worth $129 is up to the individual to decide.
I personally don't care for buying my OS again every year. That's what it amounts to. I waited to buy Jaguar earlier this year so it will sting a little more than usual unless I wait a while to buy Panther also.
I personally would prefer an upgrade price. I know that point was beaten to death on many Mac forums last time around but I think it's valid. To each his own though.
At least it wasn't beleaguered.
According to the text feed from MacNN the G5 will run 'up to 2Ghz'. I know this is a 64 bit chip and that I shouldn't compare numbers but we know consumers will. Does this mean that 2Ghz is the most it will do?
Another question. Too many cobwebs from electronics classes so many years ago so what does this mean:
'IBM VP says it "costs $3 billion to fab this thing" because they "shrunk the gate length to 6 atomic units."'
Soylent Battery is made from people! It's PEOPLE!!! /PhilHartman
For one thing you have to start somewhere. If you'd read the article you'd know that it isn't planned to be compatible with NT 4.0 only. They're thinking ahead and planning for all future iterations of NT (ie Win2k, XP etc.)
.9x releases of Linux berating Linus for not having SMP or IDE support?
/. readers are interested in and if this intrigues even one talented OS programmer/enthusiast to contribute to the project then that's a good thing for ReactOS.
Secondly, and I realize this has been mentioned by others already but I'll say it again, WHY are you berating a product at 0.1.0 for lacking features??? Your nick is FreeLinux, I wonder were you around for one of those
I'm not a an OS or kernel hacker or any other type of programmer. But it seems to me this is exactly the type of project that many
It should be pointed out that the article is written by John Snyder who is president of Artist House records which is itself a member of NARAS. His article is not an official statement by NARAS but rather his opinion. He's basically saying that this is the direction he believes NARAS should take. They should as he (and another NARAS member put it) make a "study" of the matter. The author says it best himself of course:
Some members of NARAS clearly realize that the RIAA's clinging to the old ways are dragging them down. I hope other organizations protecting the rights of authors take the same open-minding "future looking" attitude as this author. He isn't saying music should be free but rather it's time to adjust and adapt to not only new technology but the new consumption habits that the technology has helped bring about in comsumers.
Excellent instructions and I have been doing this myself with Mdk 8.x for a while now.
.xinitrc file so you could have a default but easily change to a different environment on the fly for testing or whatever.
If people decide that's too much work and/or they are constantly switching desktop environments then I can recommend Xtart. A neat little tool/command that you enter instead of startx and will give you a menu of all the windowing systems on your computer and allow you to decide at anytime. This is handy because it doesn't change what's referenced in your
I can't recall if it's available with the distro or not (haven't installed it in a while) but if not it can be downloaded from rpmfind.net.
FastMail is a great email service that's gaining quite a large following. There's multiple membership levels including a free service. Definitely worth checking out.
If this isn't your cup of tea I strongly suggest you check out EmailAddresses.com for a fairly comprehensive list of email services.
John Romero...Mmmm she's HOT!
Lousy graphics? There are several shortcomings that the Xbox has compared to the PS2 but graphics definitely aren't one of them.
Lack of quality games or an established track record by the manufacturer sure. But that nvidia chipset under the Xbox hood looks awfully pretty.