...has lots of kewl wireless gadgets like this. We've had colour web for awhile now (WAP is just passe). The two big things out now include small digital cameras (send pics of yourself to your friends), and the ability to listen to MP3's.
I betcha Embedded Linux plays a major part in these devices too.
Arrrrgh! I've had the PS2 since it was launched (that was what, in April?... I live in Japan) and the only game I liked well enough to buy so far has been Ridge Racer 5, and believe me, my PS2 has been sitting collecting dusts for months.
I've been dying to get my hands on some flight sims (jet airline simulation, or fighter action, etc.), train sims (Densha de Go! optimized for the PS2?), sub sims, etc. but so far all that seem to come out are lame RPG and fighting games.:-(
Anybody know what's coming down the pipe by summer of next year? If so, I'd love to see a link...
Yes, but Bill Gates has decided it would not be appropriate to release a *nix version of MSIE (or MS Messenger, or Word, or...) at this time, so the rest of us will have to settle for Netscape.
This sounds rather suspect to me. Being a Canadian, I've watched Canadian television as well as cross-border U.S. television, and I am sure I remember the ads being substantially louder.
It's particularly noticable here in Tokyo. I watch Star Trek:DS9 and Voyager episodes every weekend on Superchannel (great way of watching them -- they play two in a row, and from start to finish there are NO commercials) and when they end and the commercials come on, I have to yank the remote and turn it the hell down before the neighbours complain (paper thin walls in Japan).
It's almost as annoying as that persistent credit card spammer.
With open source and plenty of free software alternatives, there just aren't very many convincing reasons to shell out money for closed source alternatives.
Personally I'm looking forward to the day when all software is open, but developer's are going to have to turn to other sources of income. Support? Value-add? Gardening?;-)
I was just wondering if the results of OpenBSD's code audit is then shared with the other BSD projects (FreeBSD, NetBSD)?
(Aside to other Slashdot readers: By the way, www.kerneltrap.com is preparing to interview some developers at BSDi, so if you're interested in systems programming or kernel architecture, why not suggest some good questions there as well?)
So correct me if I'm wrong, but the entire purpose of patents is to encourage "innovation", right? So how is locking out other potential developers who might actually innovate something going to lead to further innovations?
Ah, encourages innovation only for the party who managed to get a patent filed _first_, huh?
Get rid of the patent system. It doesn't encourage innovation, it encourages greed.
I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade, but I'm living in Tokyo and picked up my PS2 months ago...and it's been collecting dust pretty much ever since I got tired of Ridge Racer 5.
Quite frankly, there are just not enough _GOOD QUALITY_ games out for the PS2 right now, and it's going to take another year before or so before there will be.
Looking back on my 39800 yen purchase, I would have rather bought a new SCSI controller or 3D card for my PC instead.
I normally don't complain about things that go on here, and I appreciate all the work put into this site, but I have noticed a lot of annoying comments made regarding Red Hat these days.
If the Slashdot team uses a different distro, they should keep in mind that some people choose different ones for different reasons, and lay off a bit on the childish remarks.
I'll take their word for it that techie drug use is a serious and growing problem, but in the case of Aaron Bunnell's death, I wonder whether it can be blamed on the pressures of the industry, or a poor upbringing.
As Bunnell's father states, ``I knew he was drinking a lot and taking uppers to stay awake. I didn't think it was much of a problem. I didn't see it.'' Your son was taking alcohol and uppers and you didn't see a problem? Sounds like he could be a user himself.
Next, check out this choice paragraph:
Indeed, weeks after David Bunnell learned that his son had died, the chief executive declined to implement a pre-employment drug-testing policy.
``What people do in their own time, in the privacy of their own homes, is not our business,'' Bunnell said. ``We have a policy that we don't want people to be stoned at work, but there is a lot to do here. There's no time to slow down.'' (ie. Do whatever it takes to keep your edge or you're out) Sounds like an enabler to me.
Anyway, blame issues aside, as far as I'm concerned, anyone earning an income from wetware is a fool to take any kind of controlled substance, especially something like cocaine or heroine.
Gee, I hope in the future it turns out to be as good as you say. I've had one since they first came out, and aside from 2 or 3 weeks of playing Ridge Racer 5 until the cows came home and about 3 current DVD's (hint: they don't carry all the DVD's in rental stores that they carry VHS tapes for), the unit has been collecting dust and hasn't been turned on in months.
If AOL is found by the government to have acted improperly, wouldn't it be possible for past or present volunteers to launch a class-action suit against AOL for back-wages and punitive damages? That could result in a lot of money for AOL. I say let Time-Warner merge with them so there's even more money available to would-be plaintiffs.:-)
Wouldn't be very ethical on the part of those volunteers, but that hasn't stopped a lot of people in this industry from acting in a like-minded fashion.:^)
Exactly. Not to mention, in our office (and likely in many others), although we are a 99% Windows shop, when we are shopping around for a print server, it had better also work with the *nix boxes sitting on the SysAdmin's desks (or the dev team's, or the support desk's, etc.) or it isn't going to get purchased.
The answer, of course, is not to play Quake with the mouse. Use the keyboard, like _I_ do.
(You'd also be helping lamers like myself who, because of our M@D K3YBO@RD SKI77Z, tend to get fragged every 10 seconds and have to resort to camping and suicide techniques (zapping the lightning bolt under water) to get a leg-up on the competition.);^)
> Doesn't do a lot of good? Are you mad??
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>...to never get spam in my inbox again. That
> would sure make ME a happy camper!
Yes, but you're forgetting about those of us who have to *pay* to access our e-mail. Here in Japan, there is no flat-rate calls to anywhere (including your local ISP), so you are paying extra to download all that spam. I *really* resent having to subsidize would-be "businessmen" (read: chicken boners) spam whether it arrives at my mailbox or is filtered to/dev/null.
I believe the U.S. and Canada are two of the very few countries offering flat-rate local calls. But I still get every bit as much spam to my addresses in Japan as you do to your address in Nevada.
Do you need more money? Sure, we all do! Well, this money making scheme *really works*! How? If you live in the state of Colorado, sue the sender of thie e-mail (that's me) for $10! If you have received multiple copies of this message, you can collect multiple times! Soon, the money will just pile up!
(By the way, this message is in accordance with U.S. Postal Laws and Free Speach and that Pro-Spam bill they passed awhile back).
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Why, I wonder, was it necessary to add the caveat, "clear skies permitting", to this forecast? :-)
Uhh, you're completely wrong.
...has lots of kewl wireless gadgets like this. We've had colour web for awhile now (WAP is just passe). The two big things out now include small digital cameras (send pics of yourself to your friends), and the ability to listen to MP3's.
I betcha Embedded Linux plays a major part in these devices too.
Well, if it's screenshots of I-mode phones you're interested in, how about a look at mine? Here, and here.
Arrrrgh! I've had the PS2 since it was launched (that was what, in April? ... I live in Japan) and the only game I liked well enough to buy so far has been Ridge Racer 5, and believe me, my PS2 has been sitting collecting dusts for months.
:-(
I've been dying to get my hands on some flight sims (jet airline simulation, or fighter action, etc.), train sims (Densha de Go! optimized for the PS2?), sub sims, etc. but so far all that seem to come out are lame RPG and fighting games.
Anybody know what's coming down the pipe by summer of next year? If so, I'd love to see a link...
Yes, but Bill Gates has decided it would not be appropriate to release a *nix version of MSIE (or MS Messenger, or Word, or ...) at this time, so the rest of us will have to settle for Netscape.
This sounds rather suspect to me. Being a Canadian, I've watched Canadian television as well as cross-border U.S. television, and I am sure I remember the ads being substantially louder.
It's particularly noticable here in Tokyo. I watch Star Trek:DS9 and Voyager episodes every weekend on Superchannel (great way of watching them -- they play two in a row, and from start to finish there are NO commercials) and when they end and the commercials come on, I have to yank the remote and turn it the hell down before the neighbours complain (paper thin walls in Japan).
It's almost as annoying as that persistent credit card spammer.
With open source and plenty of free software alternatives, there just aren't very many convincing reasons to shell out money for closed source alternatives.
;-)
Personally I'm looking forward to the day when all software is open, but developer's are going to have to turn to other sources of income. Support? Value-add? Gardening?
I was just wondering if the results of OpenBSD's code audit is then shared with the other BSD projects (FreeBSD, NetBSD)?
(Aside to other Slashdot readers: By the way, www.kerneltrap.com is preparing to interview some developers at BSDi, so if you're interested in systems programming or kernel architecture, why not suggest some good questions there as well?)
Thanks for assuming he lives in the U.S. where American tax laws apply. :-)
So correct me if I'm wrong, but the entire purpose of patents is to encourage "innovation", right? So how is locking out other potential developers who might actually innovate something going to lead to further innovations?
Ah, encourages innovation only for the party who managed to get a patent filed _first_, huh?
Get rid of the patent system. It doesn't encourage innovation, it encourages greed.
I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade, but I'm living in Tokyo and picked up my PS2 months ago...and it's been collecting dust pretty much ever since I got tired of Ridge Racer 5.
Quite frankly, there are just not enough _GOOD QUALITY_ games out for the PS2 right now, and it's going to take another year before or so before there will be.
Looking back on my 39800 yen purchase, I would have rather bought a new SCSI controller or 3D card for my PC instead.
Those keys, they look like TRS-80 Coco chicklets!
I normally don't complain about things that go on here, and I appreciate all the work put into this site, but I have noticed a lot of annoying comments made regarding Red Hat these days.
If the Slashdot team uses a different distro, they should keep in mind that some people choose different ones for different reasons, and lay off a bit on the childish remarks.
I'll take their word for it that techie drug use is a serious and growing problem, but in the case of Aaron Bunnell's death, I wonder whether it can be blamed on the pressures of the industry, or a poor upbringing.
As Bunnell's father states, ``I knew he was drinking a lot and taking uppers to stay awake. I didn't think it was much of a problem. I didn't see it.'' Your son was taking alcohol and uppers and you didn't see a problem? Sounds like he could be a user himself.
Next, check out this choice paragraph: Indeed, weeks after David Bunnell learned that his son had died, the chief executive declined to implement a pre-employment drug-testing policy. ``What people do in their own time, in the privacy of their own homes, is not our business,'' Bunnell said. ``We have a policy that we don't want people to be stoned at work, but there is a lot to do here. There's no time to slow down.'' (ie. Do whatever it takes to keep your edge or you're out) Sounds like an enabler to me.
Anyway, blame issues aside, as far as I'm concerned, anyone earning an income from wetware is a fool to take any kind of controlled substance, especially something like cocaine or heroine.
Dude, I've found two decent jobs thanks to IRC (and I wouldn't rule out taking a third).
It 'aint all warez and kiddiez. Check out #php or #c sometime.
Hoo boy, things do not look good for Digital Convergence. Remember the "FreePC" deal that went bust due to a similar poorly-thought-out business plan?
Get your Cue:Cats while you can, folks.
Gee, I hope in the future it turns out to be as good as you say. I've had one since they first came out, and aside from 2 or 3 weeks of playing Ridge Racer 5 until the cows came home and about 3 current DVD's (hint: they don't carry all the DVD's in rental stores that they carry VHS tapes for), the unit has been collecting dust and hasn't been turned on in months.
"Smithers, massage my brain".
If AOL is found by the government to have acted improperly, wouldn't it be possible for past or present volunteers to launch a class-action suit against AOL for back-wages and punitive damages? That could result in a lot of money for AOL. I say let Time-Warner merge with them so there's even more money available to would-be plaintiffs. :-)
:^)
Wouldn't be very ethical on the part of those volunteers, but that hasn't stopped a lot of people in this industry from acting in a like-minded fashion.
Uh, "Interesting"? Perhaps "Flamebait" but why is the parent moderated up to "Interesting"?
Exactly. Not to mention, in our office (and likely in many others), although we are a 99% Windows shop, when we are shopping around for a print server, it had better also work with the *nix boxes sitting on the SysAdmin's desks (or the dev team's, or the support desk's, etc.) or it isn't going to get purchased.
Ignore us at your peril, HP.
The answer, of course, is not to play Quake with the mouse. Use the keyboard, like _I_ do.
;^)
(You'd also be helping lamers like myself who, because of our M@D K3YBO@RD SKI77Z, tend to get fragged every 10 seconds and have to resort to camping and suicide techniques (zapping the lightning bolt under water) to get a leg-up on the competition.)
> Doesn't do a lot of good? Are you mad?? :0:
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/dev/null.
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> * ^Subject:.*ADV.*
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> would sure make ME a happy camper!
Yes, but you're forgetting about those of us who have to *pay* to access our e-mail. Here in Japan, there is no flat-rate calls to anywhere (including your local ISP), so you are paying extra to download all that spam. I *really* resent having to subsidize would-be "businessmen" (read: chicken boners) spam whether it arrives at my mailbox or is filtered to
I believe the U.S. and Canada are two of the very few countries offering flat-rate local calls. But I still get every bit as much spam to my addresses in Japan as you do to your address in Nevada.
Do you need more money? Sure, we all do! Well, this money making scheme *really works*! How? If you live in the state of Colorado, sue the sender of thie e-mail (that's me) for $10! If you have received multiple copies of this message, you can collect multiple times! Soon, the money will just pile up!
(By the way, this message is in accordance with U.S. Postal Laws and Free Speach and that Pro-Spam bill they passed awhile back).