Tribes 2 for Linux runs quite well. Torque is a very powerful engine, allowing up to 88(?) players simultaneously, excellent network code, and dynamic terrian generation (there is no 'edge' of the map).
I'll listen to that argument when doctors start routinely performing appendectomies on newborn children as a matter of course. Also, breast cancer is a major problem for women, yet I haven't heard any arguments for giving massectomies to babies "to prevent possible problems".
Let me tell you, there's no part of the human body that may be considered "extra" or "unnecessary". Yes, the forskin has a purpose; to protect and moisten the glans. The glans by nature is an internal organ, circumcision turns it into an external one. Drying of the glans results in loss of sensation later in life, and that's an undeniable fact.
Secondly, typical American circumcision removes up to 80% of the skin from the penis (far more than is necessary). I was circucised against my will as an infant, and my penis is half covered in pubic hair and half covered in scar tissue. I believe this may be typical for males born in the early 70's. Why? Apparently foreskins are quite valuable in the biomedical industry. Bigger cuts == bigger profits.
Finally, circumcision of babies causes trauma and shock. People who say babies don't feel the pain are either extremely ignorant or downright lying. I actually remember my circumcision.. the bastard doctor putting a clamp device on my baby penis, brutally ripping the skin away from the glans, crushing it, and finally cutting it away. And the pain lasted for days if not weeks.
People, remember these facts when your doctor tries to talk you into circumcising your baby. Once done, it cannot be undone. And I wish to God it hadn't been done to me.
Indeed. Then you'd agree that an unnecessary operation like circumcision should not be forced on an infant. If someone wants their dangler modified when they're of legal age to consent to such foolishness, fine -- but doing it to a non-consenting minor is just as bad as what those bastards do to little girls in certain Muslim countries.
As an agnostic US citizen, this disugusts me. It sickens me to think that up to 30% of my income goes to promote the ideals of an Xtian crackpot like Ashcroft. I hope he looks forward to his next incarnation as a sea slug.
What desktop linux needs is ONE desktop to replace them all.
The day I'm forced to run some abomination like XPde instead of my WM of choice will be the last day I use that system. But you apparently don't realize that Linux is not a complete system, it's only a kernel. What you're thinking of is a distribution, like RedHat or SuSE, who puts together a complete system out of GNU tools, a Kernel, a graphical subsystem, a WM, etc, etc, etc.
This is the main problem with your argument: There is no single distributer of Linux operating systems, and each disto customizes their product to diferentiate themselves from the competition. This is how capitalism works, which may seem unusual to many in reference to desktop operating systems, thanks to the Microsoft monopoly reigning these past 20 years.
Now maybe you could approach all the major Linux vendors, and ask them nicely to standardize on a common WM and theme. But I don't think they'd be interested..
I agree that there are some things that should be obvious, like following the 10 commandments
Try telling the people who make your country's coinage that they shouldn't make graven images, and see how far you get. Blindly paying lip service to some rules made to keep a tribe of ancient nomadic people in line is stupid.
There are about three good ideas out of the commandments; don't kill, don't steal, and be true to your spouse.
Heh, I learned the hard way about Debian kernels. Installed Woody and apt-getted a new kernel that didn't contain my (bog-standard) ethernet driver. Also, the default fonts sucked ass. So, I wiped the install and went with Mandrake 9.1 instead. Maybe I'll consider Debian next time I upgrade, but at the moment I'm looking at Gentoo instead.
The Mac desktop market dwarfs Linux the same way that the Windows market dwarfs it.
Are you sure about that? I saw some very interesting statistics on the php-nuke site recently. To summarize, 83% of visitors ran Windoze. A little over 4% ran Linux. And almost 2% ran Macintosh.
Now granted, this is a mostly a site for web developers. However, I still find these results interesting. I wonder what the statistics would look like from say, a graphic artist/photoshop kind of site.
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Wow, I was expecting some shareware app. Color me impressed.
How many virtual desktops does Windoze XP support?
Intel,
How are you doing? Our new consumer-grade 64 bit chip rocks!
Wish you were here,
AMD
Tribes 2 for Linux runs quite well. Torque is a very powerful engine, allowing up to 88(?) players simultaneously, excellent network code, and dynamic terrian generation (there is no 'edge' of the map).
Ah, the age-old question that presumes facts which are not in evidence, or as I like to call it, the "Have you stopped beating your wife?" question.
God == Magic
I'll listen to that argument when doctors start routinely performing appendectomies on newborn children as a matter of course. Also, breast cancer is a major problem for women, yet I haven't heard any arguments for giving massectomies to babies "to prevent possible problems".
Sure, continue the cycle. It was done to you, so you'll have it done to your child. Nice.
An "extra piece of flesh"?
Let me tell you, there's no part of the human body that may be considered "extra" or "unnecessary". Yes, the forskin has a purpose; to protect and moisten the glans. The glans by nature is an internal organ, circumcision turns it into an external one. Drying of the glans results in loss of sensation later in life, and that's an undeniable fact.
Secondly, typical American circumcision removes up to 80% of the skin from the penis (far more than is necessary). I was circucised against my will as an infant, and my penis is half covered in pubic hair and half covered in scar tissue. I believe this may be typical for males born in the early 70's. Why? Apparently foreskins are quite valuable in the biomedical industry. Bigger cuts == bigger profits.
Finally, circumcision of babies causes trauma and shock. People who say babies don't feel the pain are either extremely ignorant or downright lying. I actually remember my circumcision.. the bastard doctor putting a clamp device on my baby penis, brutally ripping the skin away from the glans, crushing it, and finally cutting it away. And the pain lasted for days if not weeks.
People, remember these facts when your doctor tries to talk you into circumcising your baby. Once done, it cannot be undone. And I wish to God it hadn't been done to me.
Indeed. Then you'd agree that an unnecessary operation like circumcision should not be forced on an infant. If someone wants their dangler modified when they're of legal age to consent to such foolishness, fine -- but doing it to a non-consenting minor is just as bad as what those bastards do to little girls in certain Muslim countries.
SCO is loose as a goose!
As has been said before, and most elequently, "Man will never be free until the last King is strangled with the entrails of the last Priest."
It was not my choice to be born in this self-obsessed country, but by my own will, I will be free to choose my own destiny.
As an agnostic US citizen, this disugusts me. It sickens me to think that up to 30% of my income goes to promote the ideals of an Xtian crackpot like Ashcroft. I hope he looks forward to his next incarnation as a sea slug.
I would love to make a wisecrack about Ashcroft, but I'm afraid of the repriasial. Seriously.
Did you hear about Ashcroft's recent medical problems? Karma is real, and not just for /.
I'd pay to see _The Jar Jar Chainsaw Massacre_!
SERENITY NOW!!
But reading the EULA will disallow my pleading plausible deniability when I violate whatever draconian terms are present in the EULA!
What desktop linux needs is ONE desktop to replace them all.
The day I'm forced to run some abomination like XPde instead of my WM of choice will be the last day I use that system. But you apparently don't realize that Linux is not a complete system, it's only a kernel. What you're thinking of is a distribution, like RedHat or SuSE, who puts together a complete system out of GNU tools, a Kernel, a graphical subsystem, a WM, etc, etc, etc.
This is the main problem with your argument: There is no single distributer of Linux operating systems, and each disto customizes their product to diferentiate themselves from the competition. This is how capitalism works, which may seem unusual to many in reference to desktop operating systems, thanks to the Microsoft monopoly reigning these past 20 years.
Now maybe you could approach all the major Linux vendors, and ask them nicely to standardize on a common WM and theme. But I don't think they'd be interested..
I agree that there are some things that should be obvious, like following the 10 commandments
Try telling the people who make your country's coinage that they shouldn't make graven images, and see how far you get. Blindly paying lip service to some rules made to keep a tribe of ancient nomadic people in line is stupid.
There are about three good ideas out of the commandments; don't kill, don't steal, and be true to your spouse.
That's the ugliest lego computer I've ever seen. It's also the first.
Couldn't be bothered to click the link? 10% was "unknown", and the remainder were either running *nix variants, OS/2, or BEOS.
Heh, I learned the hard way about Debian kernels. Installed Woody and apt-getted a new kernel that didn't contain my (bog-standard) ethernet driver. Also, the default fonts sucked ass. So, I wiped the install and went with Mandrake 9.1 instead. Maybe I'll consider Debian next time I upgrade, but at the moment I'm looking at Gentoo instead.
The Mac desktop market dwarfs Linux the same way that the Windows market dwarfs it.
Are you sure about that? I saw some very interesting statistics on the php-nuke site recently. To summarize, 83% of visitors ran Windoze. A little over 4% ran Linux. And almost 2% ran Macintosh.
Now granted, this is a mostly a site for web developers. However, I still find these results interesting. I wonder what the statistics would look like from say, a graphic artist/photoshop kind of site.
I liked their spatulas so much, I bought the company!