All of this new tech is really begining to scare me. I can see the days of the "Terminator" comming real soon. "Will we survie, humans I mean ?" "Its in your nature to destory your selfs" - Terminator 2 until ( succeed ) try { again(); }
I think this is something that was long over due. There are tons of people who won't use it becuase of its license, I was one of them. A few of my projects that where sold to a few companys refussed to use MySQL with its old license. This should make the database market much more intersting, putting more presure on PostgreSQL and Oracle. Being thats its now open-source, maybe the important features its been missing will get added. (transactions and subselects:)
AMD still kicks intels ass... On another note: When is intel going to start removing the stupied "works with ms-windows" logos. I haven't bought a pentium in a long time, so they might not be there any more. Also, where are the pengiun stamps on CPUs ?
.. the Trenton computer show in NJ. They moved it out of Trenton to a smaller place and claim the show is bigger. The last time I went, the only words out of everyones mouth was that it really sucks and went down hill. But, every single year they keep saying that its better and better and bigger. Hey, are there any events in the Michigan area ? I would attend if there are. What about Linux user groups ?
That could be intersting to see. The problem with PDA is the lack of memory. People want to have EVERYTHING on a PDA, why don't they just buy a laptop. I used to use PDA's, (palm) but, there too limited.
I don't think getting rid of taxes is the solution. I understand that money is needed to keep the goverment running. But, is there really that much needed ?
The goverment seems to want to nickel and dime us to death. It adds up, and very quickly. Think of this senerio, what happens when you buy a car. Think of all the things that are taxed. Oil, gas, insurance, tires, spark plugs, etc... Think of th whole life of the car. Then think about something else...
I can understand this from the goverments point of view. (Somewhat) They are loosing tons of tax money due to the internet.
BUT, I do not like being tax 99% of my money. I make a salary which is taxed, I put in to the bank which is taxed, I pay bills which are taxed, I buy things which are taxed, I put it into a reteriment fund which is taxed, I die which is taxed, my kids get the money which is taxed.
What ISN'T taxed these days ??? Tax the internet ? Sure, but, greatly lower the other taxes.
Hmmmm, thats a very good point. But, every single state is very differant with the laws. I think that could create a lot of confusion. Maybe someone who knows the laws could speak up on this one.
Ok, if I am downloading "download this" from that sell out band. (Like that would happen) They could see what my "user name" and IP was. Great, what the hell are they going to do with that ??? The user name they are going to see is jengo, which is my Linux login name. Then my IP which is from earthlink. Then you would say my email address/login id for earthlink is jengo@earthlink.net WRONG! If I gave you a list of 2,000 IPs, times and dates, and "user names". How long would it take to research every single one. Think how long it would take on 5 differant ISPs, let alone 1,000. Maybe its easy on AOL, but, not the rest of the world. Who on my side of the firewall did that download go to ? Me, my girlfriend, or the other 10 people that could have been connected. What about the company LAN ? My point is that all of that information MIGHT help get a couple of people. But, not everyone. Just my $0.02
Personally, it does not matter to me who won and didn't win the oscars, MTV awards, academy awards, etc. If a movie is good, its good.
I know it is very important to the film makers. I have a friend who has been tring for 10 years to become a director. With technology like the net, this could be very possiable.
I could careless about what any movie critic says. I like a certain type of movie, they like theres. For example: Event Horizan, everyone said it sucked. Guess what, I like it. Do I care what anyone else says, no.
To sum it all up, there just opionions, like assholes, everyone has one.
I just love how NASA does things. They "leak" out the fact the there is water on mars, but, next week they will confirm it. I could understand later today or tommorow, but, next week ?
Becuase of all the recent findings, water on mars, sugar in space, water in an asteriod, etc... I think we are starting to finally belive that there is a LOT out there we don't know how about. Its just a matter of time before there are "little green men" running around.
I have come up with a few dozen ideas that did become big. Thanks to my bank account, I could not do it. I think the days of shoe string business's on the internet are kind of things of the past.:(
I think BEos is kind of cool. I took a look at it a long time ago. But, I will not use it becuase it is closed source. If they opened the source, I would install it. But, I am not saying that I would use it full time. I would have to be pretty f**cking impressed to move away from Linux. Maybe one day, but, I do not see that happening any time soon.
Let me tell you MS has got some balls. A couple of weeks after they where told they are a monoply they go out and start buying companys. When they go to get there appeal, this is only going to hurt them more. MS already makes cordless phones, when are they going to start making toasters ? Oh, wait, they all already do.....
Slashdot Mirror
Question: Why was this marked off topic ?? This is 80% on topic.
Seriously, when 2.4 of the Linux kernel is released, I wanna see it on slashdot. When XFree86 4.0 was release, I wanna see it.
When 2.4.1 of the Kernel or 4.0.1 of XFree is released, I wanna see it on Freshmeat not slashdot.
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Which OS is this thing running ? Looks to me like Linux, but, the screen shot of the screen in blury.
I want one!
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All of this new tech is really begining to scare me. I can see the days of the "Terminator" comming real soon. "Will we survie, humans I mean ?" "Its in your nature to destory your selfs" - Terminator 2
until ( succeed ) try { again(); }
I think this is something that was long over due. There are tons of people who won't use it becuase of its license, I was one of them. A few of my projects that where sold to a few companys refussed to use MySQL with its old license. This should make the database market much more intersting, putting more presure on PostgreSQL and Oracle. Being thats its now open-source, maybe the important features its been missing will get added. (transactions and subselects :)
AMD still kicks intels ass... On another note: When is intel going to start removing the stupied "works with ms-windows" logos. I haven't bought a pentium in a long time, so they might not be there any more. Also, where are the pengiun stamps on CPUs ?
I feel sorry for you ...
.. the Trenton computer show in NJ. They moved it out of Trenton to a smaller place and claim the show is bigger. The last time I went, the only words out of everyones mouth was that it really sucks and went down hill. But, every single year they keep saying that its better and better and bigger. Hey, are there any events in the Michigan area ? I would attend if there are. What about Linux user groups ?
Yesterday, they release c "crap" to screaw up Java. Today, they are going to break xml and a number of other systems.
..... TODAY!"
M$ - "Where do you want to go
That could be intersting to see. The problem with PDA is the lack of memory. People want to have EVERYTHING on a PDA, why don't they just buy a laptop. I used to use PDA's, (palm) but, there too limited.
I don't think getting rid of taxes is the solution. I understand that money is needed to keep the goverment running. But, is there really that much needed ?
The goverment seems to want to nickel and dime us to death. It adds up, and very quickly. Think of this senerio, what happens when you buy a car. Think of all the things that are taxed. Oil, gas, insurance, tires, spark plugs, etc... Think of th whole life of the car. Then think about something else...
I think you get the idea.
Yet another reason I should start looking into canceling my Earthlink account.
I think MS needs to be replaced, make life much easier.
I can understand this from the goverments point of view. (Somewhat) They are loosing tons of tax money due to the internet.
BUT, I do not like being tax 99% of my money. I make a salary which is taxed, I put in to the bank which is taxed, I pay bills which are taxed, I buy things which are taxed, I put it into a reteriment fund which is taxed, I die which is taxed, my kids get the money which is taxed.
What ISN'T taxed these days ??? Tax the internet ? Sure, but, greatly lower the other taxes.
Hmmmm, thats a very good point. But, every single state is very differant with the laws. I think that could create a lot of confusion. Maybe someone who knows the laws could speak up on this one.
Ok, if I am downloading "download this" from that sell out band. (Like that would happen) They could see what my "user name" and IP was. Great, what the hell are they going to do with that ??? The user name they are going to see is jengo, which is my Linux login name. Then my IP which is from earthlink. Then you would say my email address/login id for earthlink is jengo@earthlink.net WRONG! If I gave you a list of 2,000 IPs, times and dates, and "user names". How long would it take to research every single one. Think how long it would take on 5 differant ISPs, let alone 1,000. Maybe its easy on AOL, but, not the rest of the world. Who on my side of the firewall did that download go to ? Me, my girlfriend, or the other 10 people that could have been connected. What about the company LAN ? My point is that all of that information MIGHT help get a couple of people. But, not everyone. Just my $0.02
Personally, it does not matter to me who won and didn't win the oscars, MTV awards, academy awards, etc. If a movie is good, its good.
I know it is very important to the film makers. I have a friend who has been tring for 10 years to become a director. With technology like the net, this could be very possiable.
I could careless about what any movie critic says. I like a certain type of movie, they like theres. For example: Event Horizan, everyone said it sucked. Guess what, I like it. Do I care what anyone else says, no.
To sum it all up, there just opionions, like assholes, everyone has one.
Thats my point, is corperate controlled. I would rather see an open standard.
I think the whole try { } adds to it...
I just love how NASA does things. They "leak" out the fact the there is water on mars, but, next week they will confirm it. I could understand later today or tommorow, but, next week ?
Becuase of all the recent findings, water on mars, sugar in space, water in an asteriod, etc... I think we are starting to finally belive that there is a LOT out there we don't know how about. Its just a matter of time before there are "little green men" running around.
I have come up with a few dozen ideas that did become big. Thanks to my bank account, I could not do it. I think the days of shoe string business's on the internet are kind of things of the past. :(
No, I have been using Linux for 4 years, thank you.
I think BEos is kind of cool. I took a look at it a long time ago. But, I will not use it becuase it is closed source. If they opened the source, I would install it. But, I am not saying that I would use it full time. I would have to be pretty f**cking impressed to move away from Linux. Maybe one day, but, I do not see that happening any time soon.
Let see, hmmm, how many places use PDF ? How many use Tex ??? You get where I am going with this ?
Let me tell you MS has got some balls. A couple of weeks after they where told they are a monoply they go out and start buying companys. When they go to get there appeal, this is only going to hurt them more. MS already makes cordless phones, when are they going to start making toasters ? Oh, wait, they all already do .....
Heard of it, never used it, and never saw it used.