Id like to ask IBM to move the LSB forward. Move development and target features to a Board of Uber-Super Geeks we can respect - who will not turn into Markatroid whores at the earliest opportunity. Not that I dont think Linus isnt/hasnt done a great job - but a little more co-hesion between distros will give something to shoot for by the Software Industry. People can still use the 'roll your own' philosophy all they like... and still meet an accepted Standard. Afterall - standards are a real power in computing...
In related news Bill Clinton also promised to do something about curing cancer, giving gifts of gold and murr to orphans, promote real American Democracy, end private campaign funding, recount Florida ballots and rescued a kitten from a Tree.
Way to go Bill - promise stuff now that you are irrelevant. Where the hell was the increase in NASA budgets when people cared what the hell you thought?
I dropped out of high-school about a year later (and I'm making more money now as a 17 year old Sysadmin than any of my teachers ever have or will.
hehe. Me too. 6 figure income without a high school diploma -- gotta love it. This really just underlines the utter unimportance of what education has become.
I may be wrong - but Id venture a guess that you dont work for any Fortune 500 companies. You cant get a job here at XZY Auto (big 3 US Autos) without at least an Associates Degree. Which I have - and it was like pulling teeth to have the HR monkeys approve the dept. head's choice. Im not discounting that the two of you may be talented (as am I IMHO) - but having an education can only help. Entering the workforce at 17 might seem like a good idea when your 17 but I wish Id have stayed and finished my second degree instead of returning to school at 25.
Times are good right now - and trust me, when things get tight, and the economy is at a reasonable level, finding a job is going to get very tough when you dont have a high-school diploma. Not impossible, but tough.. excepting your 0.001% 31337 troops of super keyboard ninjas - If either of you are that good you have nothing to worry about. If that is not the case (as laws of averages would probably say) you might realize later that education is not utterly 'unimportant'. Im not suggesting that it is an absolute must - and nothing else is important; but it does have value and says alot about the type of person you are and not just about the knowledge and skills you may/may not possess.
Yes - and it is sooo difficult to simply cut your Ribbon cables w/ an Utility knife, twist one end around once or twice, zip it all up with a cable tye or two - and Voila! you have a 'non-air impeding' cable from MoBo to HD. I dont know anyone who clocked their box who hasnt done this... simple and effective.
Have a look at the/. article here
I'm still waiting for the handhelD PDA/Phone with a nice built in game system, and enough memory for a few days of MP3s though. Oh, and 802.11 networking, and the ability to remotely display X11 apps. And it should cook rice perfectly every time
You can get this with a iPAQ or Casio E1XX and the right array of CF cards. None of this 'springboard' proprietary interface stuff. Ive got a CF 56K modem, 10/100NIC & (2pcs) 96MB CF mem for my E100. Of course the E100 runs WinCE - but with alittle more maturity Pocket Linux will be a nice alternative.
What the HandHeld industry needs is a separation between OS and hardware - Ive said this before on/. - I hope the Handheld industry 'goes the way of the IBM PC' vs the 'Apple way' that it is now... I would much rather have an opportunity to choose the OS independently of the Hardware for my Handheld. If you have a look at your 'Palm' hardware vs your average 'WinCE' hardware I think you'll understand my frustration - I would like a more elegant OS with a more open 'attitude' but Im not willing to hobble myself with under-powered/under-capable hardware.
Does anyone know if someone is developing a CF Phone with WinCE
"Most Americans don't realize that each PlayStation unit contains a 32-bit CPU -- every bit as powerful as the processor found in most desktop and laptop computers," said one military intelligence officer who declined to be identified. "Beyond that, the graphics capabilities of a PlayStation are staggering -- five times more powerful than that of a typical graphics workstation, and roughly 15 times more powerful than the graphics cards found in most PCs."
This unidentified informant later went on to say: "As I said before - the PS2 is so powerful with its mega-advanced graphics that the evil empire's leader Sadam Hussein is going to use them for Arms. Its just staggering to think that with all the technology our military has, what makes the US Number-Fucking-One in the world -because we kick ass- is going to be defended by the PS2! And you can buy them! If you own a PS2 you will be as powerfull as the US DoD! Wow just think of it - you can own a piece of technology capable of being used just like our awe-inspiring DoD!"
Onlookers from reality were later overheard saying "Most Americans also dont realize that they are being manipulated into being mindless consumer drones - that their media, government and leadership is a shill for business who intend to enslave them... just look at this drivel."
This article is so laughable that it is almost sickening. Imagine: how do you sell a product/idea/meme to Americans? This article is almost perfect. It has the big three:
1) Evil Dictator bent on destroying the American Way(TM) 2) War, Arms, Miltiary (aka Biggest Dick contest) 3) Consumer demand frenzy for the latest product as in : "Look at the alarm this is causing in the Marketplace - the consumer craze! YOU SHOULD WANT ONE TOO! DON'T MISS OUT! (ala McCarthyism, CabbagePatchKids, Elmo Doll, PS2)
For those Americans who read this and think to mark it down as Flame-bait... go back and READ THE ARTICLE AGAIN Im 'right on the mark' and you know it - not only that; but you cant stand that it is true. Wow - I love this article! The only thing that would have made it better would have been mention of the President-Elect's feelings on the issue:
The NYC Times, of course, wants registration info, so you'll have to make another account
Ive simply stopped reading articles that link to the NY Times. I suggest/. stop linking to their articles - 'we' are only encouraging them to continue this 'login' madness by sending them the/. hordes day after day. Instead of sending them readers - i suggest everyone click this link: http://www.nytimes.com/slashdot-users-hate-your-lo gin-crap_free-the-net.html. Put 100,000 messages like that in the logs and someone at NYTimes will notice.
Attention/. 'editors': Please STOP linking to NY Times articles as long as they continue this 'free-login' garbage.
These 'no persmission' values may just be default values associated with this e-book file... if any book could offer rights in these regards - wouldnt it be Alice in Wonderland? Could this just be a case of an overworked geek not adding the correct persmissions? it sounds like a simple answer - but I find it very difficult to believe that they would attempt to withhold rights from Alice in Wondlerland.
If Im wrong - it would be another case of Corporate America saying "you dont have any rights, you have only the rights we want to offer you - even if the terms we set forth violate previously described rights we dont care - we have the means to defend ourselves vigourously - you do not... and your government is on our side - as evidenced by their lack of action at display after display of our arrogance... piss off, see you in court.. heheheheheh "
MS spokesmen It's time for RMS & ESR to behave in the same fashion, IMO
MS Spokesmen and other corporate spokespeople make me sick. The abandonment of logic and thought in order to shill whatever product you have been hired to do (at that time) is laughable. What Linux (and the rest of the world) needs is FEWER people talking like markatroid shills. We need a social-movement to SHUT THESE PEOPLE OUT because they corrupt mind-space with crap. MS "spokespeople" should be instantly ignored, by 'us' and by any self-respecting media.
Speaking honestly, about your opinions and beliefs, makes people nervous --like yourself-- because they are used to being spoon-fed their ideas, thoughts, positions, goals, ideology, beliefsystems, politics (WHATEVER) by shameless marketing/advertising $WHORES$ in print, billboards, TV, Radio. In a world fabricated by one-sided liars, people speaking impassioned honesty somehow seems radical. As CORPORATE America seeks to replace its culture and ethos with the REAL world - it frightens me that people will begin to yearn for the whitewashed, bleached, sanitized methods of thought and speech encouraged by American Corporate culture.
RMS & ESR are provocateurs of the best kind - they speak from conviction and honesty - they also have the good fortune of being 'right' in this case (about OS S/W).
Your whole post is completely disconnected from reality - you yearn for a false reality of the capitalism-driven void.
Here is something provocative: America has been violating the concepts of its own Constitution in its dealings with Cuba for 35 years. Stop and have a look that only 3 countries (America, Israel * ???) have supported the embargo against Cuba - while the other 150 (or so) members of the UN condemn it year after year as a human rights violation. Tell me - does the knowledge of America unjustly assaulting Cuba seem 'maladjusted' and 'strange'? Could that be because you are impervious to the idea based on what mass propaganda has been foisted upon you? Could the constant re-affirmation of America's doing 'right' in this case sooth you from the 'radical position' I'm stating above?* Further - would I be wrong because you've heard a contrary message 1^199191 times before, and you have lost the will to question it?
How is this similar to the objections you make about the advocacy methods of RMS & ESR regarding Linux?
* Its just may be that 'you' agree with me regarding the Cuban embargo - but I use it as a classic example.
Stop accepting this screed as truth and it wont have to be. Raise your standards, stand up for what you think is right even if it seems 'hopeless' and you are in the minority, and dont accept the dark, faceless future these corporatists are trying to build. Stand up to them - keep the faith.
"If you're going to go into a marketplace where people play hardball, that's what hardball looks like," Scheirer warned
What an arogent bastard. What this corporatist pion dosnt realize is that Ogg is both libre and gratis it is neither a product for sale - nor a competitor in the 'marketplace'. I dont think these idiots see this coming - free software is going to render there profiteering scheems moot. MP3s will be kept as 'free as they are now' or OGG will replace it. Citizens of the planet are getting wise to the plans of these types...
I just bought a Cybiko handheld 'Inter-Tainment' (eek Markatroid Buzz alert) computer for my 11 yr old niece. She loves my CasioE100 - so this seems appropriate. Ive been trying to geekify her for years, videogames/build-it-yourself robot (not a big hit)/Legos etc.
This Cybiko device has a decent little screen, a free SDK, 900MHz Adhoc networking (@19200baud), instant messaging & email repeated on the Cybiko Network you are a part of, Email via a internet gateway (ie xxxxxxx@cybiko.com where xxxxx is the unique ID of each Cybiko - requires syncing w/ a PC to Internet), free(gratis) games/software/PIM software daily online, has a vibrating alert and sound.
cheese_announcer_voice(start);
if (buy_right_now) {
recieve(MP3_AddOnModule.free(mail_in_rebate);
}
cheese_announcer_voice(stop);
You can buy them Online @ Cybiko for $90 USF. Pretty reasonable Id say.
is a twit - he's a MentalMcNugget for the masses, he isnt a social commentator, he's a shill. Lets skip the mindless idol worship and smell a cup of reality... Your not trying to be serious are you?
Its interesting that you have replaced the word "Adventure" with an instance variable of its class... ie: AdventureMovie some_title = new AdventureMovie("Indiana Jones");
TombRaider would also be an instance of AdventureMovie ie: AdventureMovie some_title = new AdventureMovie("Tomb Raider");
Its very telling of your relationship with popular culture and the memes it has produced... hmmm interesting. Much like the way Proctore&Gamble(?) replaced the word 'tissue' with 'Kleenex' - which is a brand name (or instance of tissue)
Slashdot Mirror
What do you think about the author describing you as "slightly strange, slightly pudgy loner. ".
Would you like to tell him to F-Off --or-- may I?
90 out of 100 SAs I talk to equate CLI with the 1980s
;)
Why dont you correct them...? If that dosnt work: stop talking to them
How about they head a project to design a replacment for XWindows. They could form a group and set about creating a new modern standard...
And just for kicks call it YWindows as in: Why Windows?
Id like to ask IBM to move the LSB forward. Move development and target features to a Board of Uber-Super Geeks we can respect - who will not turn into Markatroid whores at the earliest opportunity. Not that I dont think Linus isnt/hasnt done a great job - but a little more co-hesion between distros will give something to shoot for by the Software Industry. People can still use the 'roll your own' philosophy all they like... and still meet an accepted Standard. Afterall - standards are a real power in computing...
Im sorry - your post is mindless shit. Do you have an actual fucking point?
Thanks for the links - Ill have a look at electionmethods.org and do some further reading. Much appreciated.
In related news Bill Clinton also promised to do something about curing cancer, giving gifts of gold and murr to orphans, promote real American Democracy, end private campaign funding, recount Florida ballots and rescued a kitten from a Tree.
Way to go Bill - promise stuff now that you are irrelevant. Where the hell was the increase in NASA budgets when people cared what the hell you thought?
I dropped out of high-school about a year later (and I'm making more money now as a 17 year old Sysadmin than any of my teachers ever have or will.
hehe. Me too. 6 figure income without a high school diploma -- gotta love it. This really just underlines the utter unimportance of what education has become.
I may be wrong - but Id venture a guess that you dont work for any Fortune 500 companies. You cant get a job here at XZY Auto (big 3 US Autos) without at least an Associates Degree. Which I have - and it was like pulling teeth to have the HR monkeys approve the dept. head's choice.
Im not discounting that the two of you may be talented (as am I IMHO) - but having an education can only help. Entering the workforce at 17 might seem like a good idea when your 17 but I wish Id have stayed and finished my second degree instead of returning to school at 25.
Times are good right now - and trust me, when things get tight, and the economy is at a reasonable level, finding a job is going to get very tough when you dont have a high-school diploma. Not impossible, but tough.. excepting your 0.001% 31337 troops of super keyboard ninjas - If either of you are that good you have nothing to worry about. If that is not the case (as laws of averages would probably say) you might realize later that education is not utterly 'unimportant'. Im not suggesting that it is an absolute must - and nothing else is important; but it does have value and says alot about the type of person you are and not just about the knowledge and skills you may/may not possess.
PCI HD controller
Yes - and it is sooo difficult to simply cut your Ribbon cables w/ an Utility knife, twist one end around once or twice, zip it all up with a cable tye or two - and Voila! you have a 'non-air impeding' cable from MoBo to HD. I dont know anyone who clocked their box who hasnt done this... simple and effective. Have a look at the /. article here
Canada doesn't have quite as high an average standard of living
= World&story=/news/2000/06/29/UN_report000629
Actually Canada has the highest standard of living on the planet. See http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?category
The US finished 3rd behind Norway according to the UN.
actually he was right - the "makes you want to Ralph" was a double 'entondre' (big sp!) in favour of Ralph's Candidacy.
BTW: Hello Vancouver from Windsor, Ontario.
I'm still waiting for the handhelD PDA/Phone with a nice built in game system, and enough memory for a few days of MP3s tho ugh . Oh, and 802.11 networking, and the ability to remotely display X11 apps. And it should cook rice perfectly every time
/. - I hope the Handheld industry 'goes the way of the IBM PC' vs the 'Apple way' that it is now... I would much rather have an opportunity to choose the OS independently of the Hardware for my Handheld. If you have a look at your 'Palm' hardware vs your average 'WinCE' hardware I think you'll understand my frustration - I would like a more elegant OS with a more open 'attitude' but Im not willing to hobble myself with under-powered/under-capable hardware.
You can get this with a iPAQ or Casio E1XX and the right array of CF cards. None of this 'springboard' proprietary interface stuff. Ive got a CF 56K modem, 10/100NIC & (2pcs) 96MB CF mem for my E100. Of course the E100 runs WinCE - but with alittle more maturity Pocket Linux will be a nice alternative.
What the HandHeld industry needs is a separation between OS and hardware - Ive said this before on
Does anyone know if someone is developing a CF Phone with WinCE
"Most Americans don't realize that each PlayStation unit contains a 32-bit CPU -- every bit as powerful as the processor found in most desktop and laptop computers," said one military intelligence officer who declined to be identified. "Beyond that, the graphics capabilities of a PlayStation are staggering -- five times more powerful than that of a typical graphics workstation, and roughly 15 times more powerful than the graphics cards found in most PCs."
This unidentified informant later went on to say: "As I said before - the PS2 is so powerful with its mega-advanced graphics that the evil empire's leader Sadam Hussein is going to use them for Arms. Its just staggering to think that with all the technology our military has, what makes the US Number-Fucking-One in the world -because we kick ass- is going to be defended by the PS2! And you can buy them! If you own a PS2 you will be as powerfull as the US DoD! Wow just think of it - you can own a piece of technology capable of being used just like our awe-inspiring DoD!"
Onlookers from reality were later overheard saying "Most Americans also dont realize that they are being manipulated into being mindless consumer drones - that their media, government and leadership is a shill for business who intend to enslave them... just look at this drivel."
This article is so laughable that it is almost sickening. Imagine: how do you sell a product/idea/meme to Americans? This article is almost perfect. It has the big three:
1) Evil Dictator bent on destroying the American Way(TM)
2) War, Arms, Miltiary (aka Biggest Dick contest)
3) Consumer demand frenzy for the latest product as in : "Look at the alarm this is causing in the Marketplace - the consumer craze! YOU SHOULD WANT ONE TOO! DON'T MISS OUT! (ala McCarthyism, CabbagePatchKids, Elmo Doll, PS2)
For those Americans who read this and think to mark it down as Flame-bait... go back and READ THE ARTICLE AGAIN Im 'right on the mark' and you know it - not only that; but you cant stand that it is true. Wow - I love this article! The only thing that would have made it better would have been mention of the President-Elect's feelings on the issue:
George W Bush later said "In order to maintain the present US®-EvilEmpire(TM) PS2 Arms lead - I would encourage all devout Americans®© to run out and buy a Sony(TM) Playstation 2(TM)®© - Citizens©: Help defend America®! BUY A PS2(TM)®©!"
The NYC Times, of course, wants registration info, so you'll have to make another account
/. stop linking to their articles - 'we' are only encouraging them to continue this 'login' madness by sending them the /. hordes day after day. Instead of sending them readers - i suggest everyone click this link: http://www.nytimes.com/slashdot-users-hate-your-lo gin-crap_free-the-net.html. Put 100,000 messages like that in the logs and someone at NYTimes will notice.
/. 'editors': Please STOP linking to NY Times articles as long as they continue this 'free-login' garbage.
Ive simply stopped reading articles that link to the NY Times. I suggest
Attention
Teach him some morals and higher ideals - show him the ills of the world.
The world needs another MLK or Ghandi a hell of alot more than another Linus or Bill Gates... do us all a favour..
I think the proponents of LED lighting linked above may have streached a little when they state:
A standard incandescent bulb will typically burn out in less than 40 hours.
That sees a little bit low to me... unless you mean 'standard' being the homemade lightbulb created with a vacuum pump and a piece of yarn.
These 'no persmission' values may just be default values associated with this e-book file... if any book could offer rights in these regards - wouldnt it be Alice in Wonderland? Could this just be a case of an overworked geek not adding the correct persmissions? it sounds like a simple answer - but I find it very difficult to believe that they would attempt to withhold rights from Alice in Wondlerland.
If Im wrong - it would be another case of Corporate America saying "you dont have any rights, you have only the rights we want to offer you - even if the terms we set forth violate previously described rights we dont care - we have the means to defend ourselves vigourously - you do not... and your government is on our side - as evidenced by their lack of action at display after display of our arrogance... piss off, see you in court.. heheheheheh "
MS spokesmen
It's time for RMS & ESR to behave in the same fashion, IMO
MS Spokesmen and other corporate spokespeople make me sick. The abandonment of logic and thought in order to shill whatever product you have been hired to do (at that time) is laughable. What Linux (and the rest of the world) needs is FEWER people talking like markatroid shills. We need a social-movement to SHUT THESE PEOPLE OUT because they corrupt mind-space with crap. MS "spokespeople" should be instantly ignored, by 'us' and by any self-respecting media.
Speaking honestly, about your opinions and beliefs, makes people nervous --like yourself-- because they are used to being spoon-fed their ideas, thoughts, positions, goals, ideology, beliefsystems, politics (WHATEVER) by shameless marketing/advertising $WHORES$ in print, billboards, TV, Radio. In a world fabricated by one-sided liars, people speaking impassioned honesty somehow seems radical. As CORPORATE America seeks to replace its culture and ethos with the REAL world - it frightens me that people will begin to yearn for the whitewashed, bleached, sanitized methods of thought and speech encouraged by American Corporate culture.
RMS & ESR are provocateurs of the best kind - they speak from conviction and honesty - they also have the good fortune of being 'right' in this case (about OS S/W).
Your whole post is completely disconnected from reality - you yearn for a false reality of the capitalism-driven void.
Here is something provocative: America has been violating the concepts of its own Constitution in its dealings with Cuba for 35 years. Stop and have a look that only 3 countries (America, Israel * ???) have supported the embargo against Cuba - while the other 150 (or so) members of the UN condemn it year after year as a human rights violation. Tell me - does the knowledge of America unjustly assaulting Cuba seem 'maladjusted' and 'strange'? Could that be because you are impervious to the idea based on what mass propaganda has been foisted upon you? Could the constant re-affirmation of America's doing 'right' in this case sooth you from the 'radical position' I'm stating above?* Further - would I be wrong because you've heard a contrary message 1^199191 times before, and you have lost the will to question it?
How is this similar to the objections you make about the advocacy methods of RMS & ESR regarding Linux?
* Its just may be that 'you' agree with me regarding the Cuban embargo - but I use it as a classic example.
In the real world
Stop accepting this screed as truth and it wont have to be. Raise your standards, stand up for what you think is right even if it seems 'hopeless' and you are in the minority, and dont accept the dark, faceless future these corporatists are trying to build. Stand up to them - keep the faith.
"If you're going to go into a marketplace where people play hardball, that's what hardball looks like," Scheirer warned
What an arogent bastard.
What this corporatist pion dosnt realize is that Ogg is both libre and gratis it is neither a product for sale - nor a competitor in the 'marketplace'. I dont think these idiots see this coming - free software is going to render there profiteering scheems moot. MP3s will be kept as 'free as they are now' or OGG will replace it. Citizens of the planet are getting wise to the plans of these types...
Where is the PayPal site I can send a donation?
The Revolution will be Webcast.
Look here for this post on the 'magical disapearing Xmas post' from 12.05.00. This neat little toy is worth checking out for young Geeks on your list:
I just bought a Cybiko handheld 'Inter-Tainment' (eek Markatroid Buzz alert) computer for my 11 yr old niece. She loves my CasioE100 - so this seems appropriate. Ive been trying to geekify her for years, videogames/build-it-yourself robot (not a big hit)/Legos etc.
This Cybiko device has a decent little screen, a free SDK, 900MHz Adhoc networking (@19200baud), instant messaging & email repeated on the Cybiko Network you are a part of, Email via a internet gateway (ie xxxxxxx@cybiko.com where xxxxx is the unique ID of each Cybiko - requires syncing w/ a PC to Internet), free(gratis) games/software/PIM software daily online, has a vibrating alert and sound.
cheese_announcer_voice(start);
if (buy_right_now) {
recieve(MP3_AddOnModule.free(mail_in_rebate);
}
cheese_announcer_voice(stop);
You can buy them Online @ Cybiko for $90 USF. Pretty reasonable Id say.
Additional Links:
General Info - Hardware Specs - Software Specs - RF Specs
Arnold Schwarzenegger
is a twit - he's a MentalMcNugget for the masses, he isnt a social commentator, he's a shill. Lets skip the mindless idol worship and smell a cup of reality... Your not trying to be serious are you?
There was nothing pseudo about it - it was Java proper.
Indiana Jones franchise
Its interesting that you have replaced the word "Adventure" with an instance variable of its class... ie:
AdventureMovie some_title = new AdventureMovie("Indiana Jones");
TombRaider would also be an instance of AdventureMovie ie:
AdventureMovie some_title = new AdventureMovie("Tomb Raider");
Its very telling of your relationship with popular culture and the memes it has produced... hmmm interesting. Much like the way Proctore&Gamble(?) replaced the word 'tissue' with 'Kleenex' - which is a brand name (or instance of tissue)