Well I guess I am just as "confused" as the other guy, but I didn't spend time hanging out in 2600. In fact, I've been standing outside, looking in at crackers and hackers, and I can't tell you the difference.
For all the good hackers that are worried that they will be confused with eviiiiiiil crackers, here's an idea! There are "good hackers" and "evil hackers." Let's just ignore the word crackers from now on in this context... it's pointless.
Personally, I prefer the terms "white hats" and "black hats." It sounds more cloak & dagger. After all, that's what we're arguing about, right? The "image" associated with words?
-WW
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Amazon.com is an online store, out to make money. Always has been. They have a slick interface, great service, low prices, and great selection.
They applied these same things to some new categories of items. HINT JON: You don't have to go to the toys section if you don't want to buy toys! I know, it's weird. You can actually stay in the books area if you want.
Personally, I think it's f**king cool to be able to order a book, a DVD, a CD, and an electronic gadget from one online store -- especially from Amazon (for all the benefits listed above). This is way beyond KMart or WalMart. Amazon.com is a great site and a great store. I wish I had bought stock in them when they first came out...
I bet Jon still thinks R.E.M. is a bunch of sell-outs! Grow up...
-WW
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I'm not old school, but your definitions make much more sense to me than the definitions that CmdrTaco and some others throw around. Crackers to me always implied people cracking software protection as well.
Plus I'm sick of reading "They used the word hacker incorrectly!!" for every single mainstream post that is listed on/.
LET'S MOVE ON. It's pretty clear that hacker is now synonymous with someone that *hacks* into a computer system, for good or evil. What is the point of dividing this up?
It's like trying to explain to someone that you play the cornet, not the trumpet; the euphonium, not the baritone; the english horn, not the oboe. You drive a jeep, not a truck. You live in a condo, not an apartment.
The important thing is: you KNOW what these people are talking about; you know what they mean.
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BeOS makes multi-threading pretty simple... for the most part, you're automatically writing a multi-threaded app whenever you subclass from BApplication...
cool.
-WW
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"instead of pushing to have the bugs and holes the trojan EXPLOITS fixed."
The only bugs and flaws trojan horses exploit are human. What does cDc expect Microsoft to do to prevent something like BO2K? Close off all network connections?
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Why? Are you that thin-skinned?
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I'd find it hard to defend christianity like this knowing that Jerry Falwell is just as bigoted towards gays and non-christians.
Just because it's a religion makes it off-limits?
As far as I know, South Park makes fun of EVERYTHING, not just religion.
And to answer why Christianity is the butt of most religious jokes on slashdot is quite simple: it's the most prominent religion in America.
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1. Their is an agressive attitude towards religion on any website that favors scientific-minded, rational, people. Slashdot is one of these sites.
2. You can't slander someone on the web. Libel, maybe. Defame, sure. Slander, nope.
3. Why must I try to understand someone's viewpoint when I feel he or she is a blathering idiot that doesn't know how to think for him or herself? I'm an object-oriented thinker. I've already decided that I don't agree with these people, and have moved that decision making code into an outside library. I just call it whenever necessary.
In other words, I'll stop criticizing religious hardliners as soon as Jerry Falwell shuts his big fat mouth. (P.S. Jerry: where are those hurricanes you promised us in Orlando?)
4. No, reviews are not generally done by watching a movie multiple times. Most critics watch the movie once and can tell you all about it... unless they are hacks.
5. I find it ironic that you are chastising all slashdot users for what some people are posting. Kettle: Hi pot, you're black!
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Actually I thought the original RIO was butt ugly... these are starting to look good. I mean, fer chrissakes the old RIO's looked like a rotary telephone.
-WW -- Why are there so many Unix-using Star Trek fans? When was the last time Picard said, "Computer, bring
Uh no..... hobbits look nothing like "midgets" other than their stature. Go do some searches at aint-it-cool-news.com where this is covered in great detail.
The main problem with using midgets is that they usually cannot perform the physical stunts and movements that normal sized people (and hobbits) can. This is one of the main reasons PJ is using regular sized people.
And frankly, there are more normal sized actors to choose from. With this technology, you aren't limited to finding midget actors that are good; you can find the best normal sized actors.
Go to AICN and read the interviews Harry did with PJ -- you should have no worries. He is handling this perfectly.
-WW -- Why are there so many Unix-using Star Trek fans? When was the last time Picard said, "Computer, bring
I guess that's why it was voted the #1 "favorite book" in Britain, is a best seller many times over, and can still stand as one of the very best books written 50 years later.
"For a detailed critique from someone with more literary background than myself..."
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"I think they're stepping into the market to make a quick buck and thats the bottom line."
I think you don't know what you're talking about, and that's the bottom line.
They will make 50-60 million on this IPO, regardless of how high it skyrockets, or how low it falls on the first day of trading...
That 50 million will be spent pretty quickly on advertisements, distribution channels, engineers, etc.
And just how exactly do you think a public company can make a "quick buck"? It's not like Gassee can just split up the 50 million with the rest of his employees -- a public company is answerable to its shareholders.
In other words, a flawed argument on your part.
"I bought the BeOS 4 OS for 59 bucks to try it out and their lack of drivers sucked as much as their technical support."
You act as if the information on what hardware was supported was kept hidden... they practically SCREAMED that Release 4 was for geeks and enthusiasts, and was only supported on a limited amount of hardware. You could even look up what drivers were available from 3rd parties on their BeWare site. If your hardware was not supported, and you bought it anyway, then that is your problem.
As for their tech support, I have had good results from them in general, as I have heard from other users as well.
"The lack of security on the OS is also a joke."
So I assume you've broken into a BeOS machine over a network? How'd you do it? Seems like it'd be quite hard and all, considering it ain't multi-user nor shipped with a whole ton of servers.
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Re:Good move (probably their only move)
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I haven't read one internet stock prospectus yet that looks any good -- and they all go through the roof. They have to list all the possible RISKS in the prospectus, so they usually aren't a very glowing report on the company's chances.
However, I'd never feel more comfortable betting my money in Vegas -- the stock market has much better odds if you know what you're doing.
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How exactly are you measuring the BeOS userbase? I'd rather not rely on the numbers you pull out of your ass...
BeOS is a very young OS. (And don't anyone tell me it has been around since 1991, because *IT* hasn't... the company has, not the OS). x86 is the most popular platform available, and it's only been out for x86 for about a year and a half now (R3).
For chrissakes, they haven't even put the OS out on store shelves yet! You can't compare it to any other OS's in that league yet, like Windows, Linux, Mac, etc. Wait until they get more money for distribution, advertisement, and of course, engineers!
You ain't seen nothing yet.
-WW
P.S. I bet you didn't know that a large portion of the EBAY stock holders are the loyal customers and fans of EBAY. EBAY shot through the roof for that very reason. BEOS will do the same. I'm going to be putting my money where my mouth is, too. -- Why are there so many Unix-using Star Trek fans? When was the last time Picard said, "Computer, bring
"I don't think it's appropriate to make fun of someone else's beliefs if they are well-founded."
So who gets to decide if someone's beliefs are "well-founded" or not? Suppose Tom doesn't feel RMS's beliefs are well-founded. It's OK for him to post his satire now, right?
Satire is about the oldest form of comedy there is... In effect, I think the definition of satire is something like, "making fun of someone else or their beliefs because you don't agree with them."
Anyone that can write GOOD satire is hardly immature. An immature person would just blurt it out.
-WW
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That's funny, it's daylight and I'm not made of stone. Just because I hold a different viewpoint does not make me a troll. Obviously, if you really thought I was a troll, why would you be dumb enough to respond?
"Arghhh!!! You are talking about the home market. Yeah, linux will probably always be a hard sell to a home user. But the business desktop is another matter entirely. Windows is frankly totally unsuited for business use. A linux desktop at work, whatever you want at home."
Is that a new rule you made up? Actually, I was talking about the DESKTOP market, period. What the hell kind of office do you work in? A programmer's office, a network management office, and IT office, etc. All those offices I could see Linux in. But your everyday, common office is filled with people that want a good GUI that is consistent (user-friendly) across applications. Linux does not fit the bill.
"Do you really want to find yourself in year 2015, and be confused as to why drive 'd:' on your coffee machine is drive 'f:' on your computer? Linux may even force them to 'fix' windows if it eats enough of its market share."
I don't quite get your analogy, but if I had my way, then my home would be networked with Java, not Linux or Windows or BeOS. Java and Jini.
I think the problem is you're assuming that when I criticize Linux I'm also supporting Windows. Not true. I hate Microsoft. I would love to see BeOS, Linux, Java, etc. get more of the market.
-WW
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"Drag and drop means doing mouse tricks so that the window you need is on top."
Nah, the OS just needs to be smart enough to know what you're trying to do. As someone mentioned, you can hold the mouse over the taskbar icon for a program, and it will popup after a second or two. In Win98/2000, you can drag an item over a folder in Explorer, and it will expand as needed.
But drag and drop is just one cool thing about GUI's. It's all about being able to have several programs visible at once, and allowing cool programs to do cool things that are impossible in a commandline environment.
For example, in BeOS 4.5, there is a new program called 3dsound which has a really awesome interface. You'd have to try it to see what I mean. It just "makes sense."
By all means, the current GUI/mouse paradigm is limited and will be phased out in 5 years or less. Monitors will be flatscreen technology that can be rolled up like a thick poster, and hung anywhere. We should be getting into really cool holographic technology by then. I'd be surprised if there wasn't a really ingenious 3D user interface by 2005. And voice recognition should be nearly flawless by that time. (Michael Abrash, code wizard, is working with Microsoft on "natural language parsing" -- the reason he left id Software... I expect good things to ensue.)
There's already technology out there that can beam the image directly into your eye, without a monitor at all, so the image appears to be floating out in front of your face.
Cool.
-WW
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"Even in TOS, Kirk SPOKE to the computer. NOBODY used a mouse. McCoy used a portable, multifunction device WITHOUT any external pointing objects."
Oh lord. My point was that there is a level of progression. Punch cards -> Commandline interface -> Mouse-oriented GUI -> ???? (Voice recognition GUI, 2D/3D/holographic?).
"Face facts, if Star Trek ships run on any thing they run LINUX."
Why does everything have to be an OS contest? I'm not making a statement about the operating system, I'm making a statement about the interface.
"I can shut down Gnome and come up in KDE in seconds. Try doing that with Windows."
Now ask yourself WHY you need to do that. See, I don't need to do that in the OS's I use (BeOS and Windows). That's because the GUI's are built in from the get-go (moreso in BeOS).
Why is it everything must dissolve into a pissing match with OS zealots.
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By this statement, I assume you think that a command line interface is the way of the future? Do you honestly feel that typing everything is the fastest way to get things done?
I don't like Microsoft myself, but you're arguments are so full of bile and FUD that they are pointless. Come back with something more meaningful.
-WW
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Slashdot Mirror
Well I guess I am just as "confused" as the other
guy, but I didn't spend time hanging out in 2600.
In fact, I've been standing outside, looking in at
crackers and hackers, and I can't tell you the
difference.
For all the good hackers that are worried that
they will be confused with eviiiiiiil crackers,
here's an idea! There are "good hackers" and
"evil hackers." Let's just ignore the word
crackers from now on in this context... it's
pointless.
Personally, I prefer the terms "white hats" and
"black hats." It sounds more cloak & dagger. After
all, that's what we're arguing about, right? The
"image" associated with words?
-WW
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Why would they be competing with /.? You do more :-)
than linux news (not much more, but more.
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Yeah I know I can filter him out...
But why does CmdrTaco keep posting this crap?
Amazon.com is an online store, out to make money.
Always has been. They have a slick interface,
great service, low prices, and great selection.
They applied these same things to some new
categories of items. HINT JON: You don't have
to go to the toys section if you don't want to
buy toys! I know, it's weird. You can actually
stay in the books area if you want.
Personally, I think it's f**king cool to be able
to order a book, a DVD, a CD, and an electronic
gadget from one online store -- especially from
Amazon (for all the benefits listed above). This
is way beyond KMart or WalMart. Amazon.com is a
great site and a great store. I wish I had bought
stock in them when they first came out...
I bet Jon still thinks R.E.M. is a bunch of
sell-outs! Grow up...
-WW
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I'm not old school, but your definitions make
/.
much more sense to me than the definitions that
CmdrTaco and some others throw around. Crackers
to me always implied people cracking software
protection as well.
Plus I'm sick of reading "They used the word
hacker incorrectly!!" for every single mainstream
post that is listed on
LET'S MOVE ON. It's pretty clear that hacker is
now synonymous with someone that *hacks* into a
computer system, for good or evil. What is the
point of dividing this up?
It's like trying to explain to someone that you
play the cornet, not the trumpet; the
euphonium, not the baritone; the english horn, not
the oboe. You drive a jeep, not a truck. You live
in a condo, not an apartment.
The important thing is: you KNOW what these people
are talking about; you know what they mean.
-WW
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BeOS makes multi-threading pretty simple... for
the most part, you're automatically writing a
multi-threaded app whenever you subclass from
BApplication...
cool.
-WW
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"instead of pushing to have the bugs and holes
the trojan EXPLOITS fixed."
The only bugs and flaws trojan horses exploit
are human. What does cDc expect Microsoft to do
to prevent something like BO2K? Close off all
network connections?
-WW
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Why? Are you that thin-skinned?
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I'd find it hard to defend christianity like
this knowing that Jerry Falwell is just as bigoted
towards gays and non-christians.
Just because it's a religion makes it off-limits?
As far as I know, South Park makes fun of
EVERYTHING, not just religion.
And to answer why Christianity is the butt of most
religious jokes on slashdot is quite simple: it's
the most prominent religion in America.
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1. Their is an agressive attitude towards religion
on any website that favors scientific-minded,
rational, people. Slashdot is one of these sites.
2. You can't slander someone on the web. Libel,
maybe. Defame, sure. Slander, nope.
3. Why must I try to understand someone's
viewpoint when I feel he or she is a blathering
idiot that doesn't know how to think for him or
herself? I'm an object-oriented thinker. I've
already decided that I don't agree with these
people, and have moved that decision making code
into an outside library. I just call it whenever
necessary.
In other words, I'll stop criticizing religious
hardliners as soon as Jerry Falwell shuts his big
fat mouth. (P.S. Jerry: where are those hurricanes
you promised us in Orlando?)
4. No, reviews are not generally done by watching
a movie multiple times. Most critics watch the
movie once and can tell you all about it... unless
they are hacks.
5. I find it ironic that you are chastising all
slashdot users for what some people are posting.
Kettle: Hi pot, you're black!
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Why bother sitting through it multiple times?
All they have to do is pray to the good Lord,
and he will delivereth the answers.
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Actually I thought the original RIO was butt
ugly... these are starting to look good. I mean,
fer chrissakes the old RIO's looked like a rotary
telephone.
-WW
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I assume that counter is counting all the gods
from all the religions in the world? =)
Oh I forgot... it's a christian site, where there
is only one true god/religion.
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Uh no..... hobbits look nothing like "midgets"
other than their stature. Go do some searches at
aint-it-cool-news.com where this is covered in
great detail.
The main problem with using midgets is that they
usually cannot perform the physical stunts and
movements that normal sized people (and hobbits)
can. This is one of the main reasons PJ is using
regular sized people.
And frankly, there are more normal sized actors
to choose from. With this technology, you aren't
limited to finding midget actors that are good;
you can find the best normal sized actors.
Go to AICN and read the interviews Harry did with
PJ -- you should have no worries. He is handling
this perfectly.
-WW
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"No. Apart from being first, its not very good."
I guess that's why it was voted the #1 "favorite
book" in Britain, is a best seller many times
over, and can still stand as one of the very best
books written 50 years later.
"For a detailed critique from someone with more literary background than myself..."
For that one negative critique there are a thousand positive ones.
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a) What did you like about the Lord of the Rings series?
:-)
Everything?
b) Am I the only one who didn't like Lord Of The Rings?
Probably.
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I think his point was that you might have to
press the keys down harder for the energy to
be collected, so is it really worth it...
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"I think they're stepping into the market to make
a quick buck and thats the bottom line."
I think you don't know what you're talking about,
and that's the bottom line.
They will make 50-60 million on this IPO,
regardless of how high it skyrockets, or how low
it falls on the first day of trading...
That 50 million will be spent pretty quickly on
advertisements, distribution channels, engineers,
etc.
And just how exactly do you think a public company
can make a "quick buck"? It's not like Gassee can
just split up the 50 million with the rest of his
employees -- a public company is answerable to
its shareholders.
In other words, a flawed argument on your part.
"I bought the BeOS 4 OS for 59 bucks to try it
out and their lack of drivers sucked as much as
their technical support."
You act as if the information on what hardware
was supported was kept hidden... they practically
SCREAMED that Release 4 was for geeks and
enthusiasts, and was only supported on a limited
amount of hardware. You could even look up what
drivers were available from 3rd parties on their
BeWare site. If your hardware was not supported,
and you bought it anyway, then that is your
problem.
As for their tech support, I have had good results
from them in general, as I have heard from other
users as well.
"The lack of security on the OS is also a joke."
So I assume you've broken into a BeOS machine
over a network? How'd you do it? Seems like it'd
be quite hard and all, considering it ain't
multi-user nor shipped with a whole ton of
servers.
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I haven't read one internet stock prospectus
yet that looks any good -- and they all go through
the roof. They have to list all the possible RISKS
in the prospectus, so they usually aren't a very
glowing report on the company's chances.
However, I'd never feel more comfortable betting
my money in Vegas -- the stock market has much
better odds if you know what you're doing.
-WW
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How exactly are you measuring the BeOS userbase?
I'd rather not rely on the numbers you pull out
of your ass...
BeOS is a very young OS. (And don't anyone tell
me it has been around since 1991, because *IT* hasn't... the company has, not the OS). x86
is the most popular platform available, and it's
only been out for x86 for about a year and a half
now (R3).
For chrissakes, they haven't even put the OS out
on store shelves yet! You can't compare it to any
other OS's in that league yet, like Windows, Linux, Mac, etc. Wait until they get more money
for distribution, advertisement, and of course,
engineers!
You ain't seen nothing yet.
-WW
P.S. I bet you didn't know that a large portion
of the EBAY stock holders are the loyal customers
and fans of EBAY. EBAY shot through the roof for
that very reason. BEOS will do the same. I'm going
to be putting my money where my mouth is, too.
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"I don't think it's appropriate to make fun of
someone else's beliefs if they are well-founded."
So who gets to decide if someone's beliefs are
"well-founded" or not? Suppose Tom doesn't feel
RMS's beliefs are well-founded. It's OK for him
to post his satire now, right?
Satire is about the oldest form of comedy there
is... In effect, I think the definition of satire
is something like, "making fun of someone else or
their beliefs because you don't agree with them."
Anyone that can write GOOD satire is hardly
immature. An immature person would just blurt
it out.
-WW
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That's funny, it's daylight and I'm not made of stone. Just because I hold a different viewpoint
does not make me a troll. Obviously, if you really
thought I was a troll, why would you be dumb
enough to respond?
"Arghhh!!! You are talking about the home market.
Yeah, linux will probably always be a hard sell to
a home user. But the business desktop is another
matter entirely. Windows is frankly totally
unsuited for business use. A linux desktop at
work, whatever you want at home."
Is that a new rule you made up? Actually, I was
talking about the DESKTOP market, period. What the
hell kind of office do you work in? A programmer's
office, a network management office, and IT
office, etc. All those offices I could see Linux
in. But your everyday, common office is filled
with people that want a good GUI that is
consistent (user-friendly) across applications.
Linux does not fit the bill.
"Do you really want to find yourself in year 2015,
and be confused as to why drive 'd:' on your
coffee machine is drive 'f:' on your computer?
Linux may even force them to 'fix' windows if it
eats enough of its market share."
I don't quite get your analogy, but if I had my
way, then my home would be networked with Java,
not Linux or Windows or BeOS. Java and Jini.
I think the problem is you're assuming that when
I criticize Linux I'm also supporting Windows.
Not true. I hate Microsoft. I would love to see
BeOS, Linux, Java, etc. get more of the market.
-WW
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"Mice are too innacurate."
In what way? My mouse goes where I point it.
"Drag and drop means doing mouse tricks so that the window you need is on top."
Nah, the OS just needs to be smart enough to know
what you're trying to do. As someone mentioned,
you can hold the mouse over the taskbar icon for
a program, and it will popup after a second or two. In Win98/2000, you can drag an item over a
folder in Explorer, and it will expand as needed.
But drag and drop is just one cool thing about
GUI's. It's all about being able to have several
programs visible at once, and allowing cool
programs to do cool things that are impossible
in a commandline environment.
For example, in BeOS 4.5, there is a new program
called 3dsound which has a really awesome
interface. You'd have to try it to see what I
mean. It just "makes sense."
By all means, the current GUI/mouse paradigm is
limited and will be phased out in 5 years or less.
Monitors will be flatscreen technology that can be
rolled up like a thick poster, and hung anywhere.
We should be getting into really cool holographic
technology by then. I'd be surprised if there
wasn't a really ingenious 3D user interface by
2005. And voice recognition should be nearly
flawless by that time. (Michael Abrash, code
wizard, is working with Microsoft on "natural
language parsing" -- the reason he left id
Software... I expect good things to ensue.)
There's already technology out there that can
beam the image directly into your eye, without
a monitor at all, so the image appears to be
floating out in front of your face.
Cool.
-WW
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Why are there so many Unix-using Star Trek fans?
When was the last time Picard said, "Computer, bring
"Even in TOS, Kirk SPOKE to the computer. NOBODY used a mouse. McCoy used a portable, multifunction device WITHOUT any external pointing objects."
Oh lord. My point was that there is a level of
progression. Punch cards -> Commandline interface -> Mouse-oriented GUI -> ???? (Voice recognition GUI, 2D/3D/holographic?).
"Face facts, if Star Trek ships run on any thing they run LINUX."
Why does everything have to be an OS contest? I'm
not making a statement about the operating system,
I'm making a statement about the interface.
"I can shut down Gnome and come up in KDE in seconds. Try doing that with Windows."
Now ask yourself WHY you need to do that. See,
I don't need to do that in the OS's I use (BeOS
and Windows). That's because the GUI's are built
in from the get-go (moreso in BeOS).
Why is it everything must dissolve into a pissing
match with OS zealots.
I guess I need to make my signature more "P.C."
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Why are there so many Unix-using Star Trek fans?
When was the last time Picard said, "Computer, bring
>By the way you GUIsers are all the same.
By this statement, I assume you think that a
command line interface is the way of the future?
Do you honestly feel that typing everything is
the fastest way to get things done?
I don't like Microsoft myself, but you're
arguments are so full of bile and FUD that they
are pointless. Come back with something more meaningful.
-WW
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Why are there so many Unix-using Star Trek fans?
When was the last time Picard said, "Computer, bring
I wish people could read better.
Note the original person said you pay for NT, and
then you pay for IIS. As if they are two separate
expenses.
-WW
P.S. I hate Microsoft, but I hate FUD even more.
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Why are there so many Unix-using Star Trek fans?
When was the last time Picard said, "Computer, bring