My ATI card works the same way. In "half-life" I can see other characters through walls and ceilings.
Only in my case, it's because the ATI drivers suck so bad they won't render the textures, not because I installed a hacked video driver. Does that let me off the hook?:)
All this garbage started the moment "the money" arrived on the internet. All of a sudden, trademark holders just had to have their.com name.
If there's no money involved, it suddenly becomes a non-issue.
Maybe now is the time to move to a local naming system - I could be www.justin.christopher.walnut.ca.us, Coca Cola could have www.coke.com.us, etc.
The problem is that change will never happen, because you need a critical mass of ISP's to switch to make it work, and I don't see that happening in the near future.
NO - you are missing my point. I am happy to read and research when I need to do something in Linux.
The average end user, however, is not. The article is about Windows XP and bundled applications - my point is that the end user doesn't care that it's "unfair" that the applications are bundled.
They don't know any better, because _no alternatives have been presented to them_.
Well, thanks for making my point. The end user, who makes up 95% of the computing population, is not going to do that just to do word processing and write email. Microsoft is the only company marketing to those people.
Just the other day, I was discussing the Microsoft "issue" with my girlfriend as we installed the OS on her new computer.
She asked me why someone didn't just make something different that worked on the same computers. I told her a bit about Linux, (which I personally do not use) and then I proceeded to install Windows 2000.
Why? Because MS makes the best OS for people who aren't nerds.
I think Linux has a real problem, and that is the elitist attitude found among developers. "Why don't they just read the man pages", etc. There is a real market for a distribution which can easily replace a newbie's MS Windows OS, however, it seems that no one wants to build it. Why? The geeks would rather keep it for themselves.
So please don't complain about MS - they are the only company (except Apple) that has created an operating system newbies can use - unlike the community of Linux developers that can't be bothered.
Microsoft is FORCING their software on you. I have the sinking feeling that you're going to have to use Windows XP the way THEY want you to use it, rather than the way YOU want to use it.
If it sucks so bad, then don't use it! Oh wait, I forgot that MS makes the best desktop OS.
Well, you could use Linux. Oh wait, I forgot that Linux sucks on the desktop.
The main problem here, it occurs to me, is that no one has made a Linux distribution that can easily replace a newbie's Windows OS. That won't happen, because the nerds are too self-rightous - "why doesn't he just read the man pages" etc.
Andy Hertzfeld is a genius who helped shape the future of personal computing with his work on the Macintosh.
In this case, I think he may have bitten off more than he can chew.
It's one thing to build a user friendly GUI from the ground up on a new OS, but it is another thing entirely to bold a friendly GUI onto an admittedly difficult OS such as Linux. Even if their GUI was great, it's hard to make a dent when the rest of the OS is hard to grasp for beginners.
Not to disparage the work of the people who work on Linux for PowerPC in anyway - but Linux on PowerPC sucks.
It was a joke to get running compared to something like Mandrake or Redhat.
With the price of x86 hardware, I can't see why anyone would bother... that is of course, with the exception of some kinds of embedded systems where PowerPC might make sense.
Linux on x86 is going nowhere, and you're worried about SPARC?
Linux on x86 will be lucky if it survives another 5 years, and I say that in all seriousness - within that timespan, the PC will become a closed, black box unit, which will likely be illegal to "tamper" with, which will include loading "unauthorized" operating systems. (read: those that aren't in bed with RIAA/MPAA/TimeWarner)
The only legal OS will be Microsoft, which will be sold OEM with the box, and MacOS, if it's still alive.
Any OS which does not provide hooks for the entertainment industry is going to be declared illegal, mark my words.
I stopped reading when I read this: Readers of this column will be aware that the RIAA is suing a US magazine for publishing the code of a small computer program called DeCSS that unscrambles DVD files so that Linux users can play their own disks.
I believe it's the MPAA that is suing 2600. How uninformed can you get? Makes you wonder about the accuracy of anything else on the site.
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look - clueness newbies do not "RPM" anything on a command line.
Only in my case, it's because the ATI drivers suck so bad they won't render the textures, not because I installed a hacked video driver. Does that let me off the hook? :)
I was just wondering - I would bet 5%. A weird metaphor to use.
Even if you won, they'll be bankrupt soon, and you'll be lucky if you collect 10 cents on the dollar.
Invest your time in finding some other way to keep your site going instead. Live and learn.
If there's no money involved, it suddenly becomes a non-issue.
Maybe now is the time to move to a local naming system - I could be www.justin.christopher.walnut.ca.us, Coca Cola could have www.coke.com.us, etc.
The problem is that change will never happen, because you need a critical mass of ISP's to switch to make it work, and I don't see that happening in the near future.
Simply being forced to use AOL is not near enough punishment.
Look for my article "Using the Internet" for AOLers, coming soon!
To blame the school district, however, seems unfair. The punishment seems reasonable for what he did.
Windows might be the lesser of two evils. It is not without faults (in fact, it is full of them) but it is the best choice for a clueless end user.
My speculation was why is there not a Linux distribution that addresses that market. That's all.
The average end user, however, is not. The article is about Windows XP and bundled applications - my point is that the end user doesn't care that it's "unfair" that the applications are bundled.
They don't know any better, because _no alternatives have been presented to them_.
Well, thanks for making my point. The end user, who makes up 95% of the computing population, is not going to do that just to do word processing and write email. Microsoft is the only company marketing to those people.
Thanks for making my point - the idiot end user SHOULD NOT have to spend hours reading some manual to become a "knowledgeable person!"
She asked me why someone didn't just make something different that worked on the same computers. I told her a bit about Linux, (which I personally do not use) and then I proceeded to install Windows 2000.
Why? Because MS makes the best OS for people who aren't nerds.
I think Linux has a real problem, and that is the elitist attitude found among developers. "Why don't they just read the man pages", etc. There is a real market for a distribution which can easily replace a newbie's MS Windows OS, however, it seems that no one wants to build it. Why? The geeks would rather keep it for themselves.
So please don't complain about MS - they are the only company (except Apple) that has created an operating system newbies can use - unlike the community of Linux developers that can't be bothered.
Maybe he knows something you don't.
If it sucks so bad, then don't use it! Oh wait, I forgot that MS makes the best desktop OS.
Well, you could use Linux. Oh wait, I forgot that Linux sucks on the desktop.
The main problem here, it occurs to me, is that no one has made a Linux distribution that can easily replace a newbie's Windows OS. That won't happen, because the nerds are too self-rightous - "why doesn't he just read the man pages" etc.
In this case, I think he may have bitten off more than he can chew.
It's one thing to build a user friendly GUI from the ground up on a new OS, but it is another thing entirely to bold a friendly GUI onto an admittedly difficult OS such as Linux. Even if their GUI was great, it's hard to make a dent when the rest of the OS is hard to grasp for beginners.
Best of luck to Andy and his team.
But Gracenote makes me want to vomit. If ever there was an internet industry company that deserves to go out of business, it's them.
Who's running the ship over there?
It was a joke to get running compared to something like Mandrake or Redhat.
With the price of x86 hardware, I can't see why anyone would bother... that is of course, with the exception of some kinds of embedded systems where PowerPC might make sense.
Funny you should say that - so I submitted it, and it was rejected. :(
In all seriousness - if development time is really your number one priority, shouldn't you be using something like ColdFusion?
"r-e-c-i-p-i-e-s" I know everything can't be spelled perfectly, but would it be THAT hard to check the headlines?
Linux on x86 will be lucky if it survives another 5 years, and I say that in all seriousness - within that timespan, the PC will become a closed, black box unit, which will likely be illegal to "tamper" with, which will include loading "unauthorized" operating systems. (read: those that aren't in bed with RIAA/MPAA/TimeWarner)
The only legal OS will be Microsoft, which will be sold OEM with the box, and MacOS, if it's still alive.
Any OS which does not provide hooks for the entertainment industry is going to be declared illegal, mark my words.
I believe it's the MPAA that is suing 2600. How uninformed can you get? Makes you wonder about the accuracy of anything else on the site.
What is so hard about that? If you don't like it, write it from scratch yourself.
GWB can conceivably appoint enough justices to overturn Roe v. Wade. Is that a big enough deal for you?
It matters.