I agree with some of the sentiment expressed here.
You have to understand, that this is a pro-linux site. I have been a visitor for about two years now, and it's all taken in good fun. Most of the time Microsoft deserves what they get.
But windows IS a valid operating system, despite wht anyone says. You can mod me down to -400, if you really want to, but it won't change a thing.
I love linux. It is rivalling windows now, and will become a leading consumer operating system. But hating windows just because it's windows isn't right.
The "I deleted my windows partition, only use Linux, woe is me I can't play Diablo II/ The Sims / CueHack" interjection is rediculous. I can't think of a single reason not to create a 2 GB partition to Win32, just in case I need it. And people accuse others of being closed-minded. Huh.
But don't go soft on me either. I want you to kick Microsoft in the pants when they find a security hole in IE and Outlook. And to further dilute my point, the Bill Gates/Borg icon is cool. Nothing against it.
I do not understand the analogy to murderers in gangs in the city. First of all, it would have to be quite the bloodbath (think millions and millions of people) for authorities not to be able to arrest "everybody."
Nevertheless, consumers get frustrated when they buy a CD from their favourite artist when they know that a minute fraction of the cost will go back to support the artist. Why should we encourage the record companies?
I am tired of people comparing downloading copyrighted material to shoplifting. My morals are high enough that I do NOT buy RIAA material. Do I download it? Yes. Am I downloading it in place of walking to the record store and purchasing the CD? No.
Same goes for software. I refuse to pay $1000 dollars for a piece of software. I find it comical that any one company would ask such an exhorbitant sum. So I download it from an FTP site. Am I downloading it in place of buying it from Adobe over the web? No.
My original (and deemed "Overrated", by an Anonymous Moderator) argument stated that consumers will always win, and in a nutshell, will never be screwed over. The RIAA and other said companies have to listen to their agravated consumers, and continue cautiously.
Don't worry about loosing your e-mail if you cancel your interlog account. I had an account there, and my dad's office did as well. I got pissed off with the service after they were bought out. So I cancelled my account. Nevertheless, I still have, just checked STILL!, shell access, PINE access, all that good stuff. Haven't been billed in about 2-3 years.
Consumers control the media. We go to sites we like, and we stay away from sites we don't. If cnn.com started displaying full-screen banner ads, it would be our choice to get our news elsewhere.
And so we will. There are other sites, and those without these "un-ignorable" ads will grow more popular. Why would any site do this to their visitors? It doesn't make sense.
If this does happen, I hope that consumers will use their brains, and boycott the sites that do use this ad technology, as we boycott Amazon.com for their One-Click-Shopping pantent ignorance.
It's blatant in the screenshot, and it's a link off the featured site. If I'm paying top-dollar for a console, I want it to have the best graphics possibble. This doesn't.
Btw, Does anybody have a link to the Matrox system mentioned?
featured on the linked site. Eeek! The rest looks ok, but what about anti-aliasing? The scenery looks like it's running on my attrocious 8mb Voodoo2 CE. (It's a piece of crap.)
Save your money, and buy one of those kick-ass Matrox Millenia boxes. A 64Mb GeForce 2 Ultra won't give you jaggies.
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More like "fitting", I think.
- Ando
I'm an idiot. Turns out, World chat is now owned by world.com, which is the company filing the patent. **ando slaps his forehead**
- Ando
Called Worlds Chat. Yeah, I don't remember it by that name, either. Recognize some of the models tho. http://www.digitalspace.com/avatars/wchat.html
- Ando
Hey, I know what you mean. But I can't remember what it was called either. Reply to this if you can, as will I if I can remember. That was the best!
- Ando
I agree with some of the sentiment expressed here.
You have to understand, that this is a pro-linux site. I have been a visitor for about two years now, and it's all taken in good fun. Most of the time Microsoft deserves what they get.
But windows IS a valid operating system, despite wht anyone says. You can mod me down to -400, if you really want to, but it won't change a thing.
I love linux. It is rivalling windows now, and will become a leading consumer operating system. But hating windows just because it's windows isn't right.
The "I deleted my windows partition, only use Linux, woe is me I can't play Diablo II/ The Sims / CueHack" interjection is rediculous. I can't think of a single reason not to create a 2 GB partition to Win32, just in case I need it. And people accuse others of being closed-minded. Huh.
But don't go soft on me either. I want you to kick Microsoft in the pants when they find a security hole in IE and Outlook. And to further dilute my point, the Bill Gates/Borg icon is cool. Nothing against it.
- Ando
In order to save
the Slashdot community,
all lame ass haikus...
...go under this thread.
Please!
- Ando
I do not understand the analogy to murderers in gangs in the city. First of all, it would have to be quite the bloodbath (think millions and millions of people) for authorities not to be able to arrest "everybody."
Nevertheless, consumers get frustrated when they buy a CD from their favourite artist when they know that a minute fraction of the cost will go back to support the artist. Why should we encourage the record companies?
I am tired of people comparing downloading copyrighted material to shoplifting. My morals are high enough that I do NOT buy RIAA material. Do I download it? Yes. Am I downloading it in place of walking to the record store and purchasing the CD? No.
Same goes for software. I refuse to pay $1000 dollars for a piece of software. I find it comical that any one company would ask such an exhorbitant sum. So I download it from an FTP site. Am I downloading it in place of buying it from Adobe over the web? No.
My original (and deemed "Overrated", by an Anonymous Moderator) argument stated that consumers will always win, and in a nutshell, will never be screwed over. The RIAA and other said companies have to listen to their agravated consumers, and continue cautiously.
- Ando
Don't worry about loosing your e-mail if you cancel your interlog account. I had an account there, and my dad's office did as well. I got pissed off with the service after they were bought out. So I cancelled my account. Nevertheless, I still have, just checked STILL!, shell access, PINE access, all that good stuff. Haven't been billed in about 2-3 years.
- Ando
I think Tim's been spending too much time in solidarity...
- Ando
It will never run on my Palm IIIc.
:-)
It would feel more turn-based though.
- Ando
What do you want then?
I guess we'll all have to go back to DEC-20's then, and abandon our "Athlon, Geforce, and latest Redhat."
- Ando
It often leads me to wonder why people contribute to a discussion if they have little of value to add to the discussion.
If I'm reading about HDTV, I don't want to see the word "book."
- Ando
Theory of Knowledge (and western philosophy) burn my soul.
- Ando
Thanks
- Ando
I appeal to you moderators, to stop the fiasco of redundancy. Whoever gave this a
(2, Insightful)
is going straight to hell after they're finished their measley existence here.
- Ando
Thank you for being the ninth person to restate this fact.
If you are going to post, please read what has already been said.
- Ando
Someone over there read This Article from April of this year.
-Ando
- Ando
If there are no people to view the ads, who are they advertising to?
If Slashdot put up a full-screen ad, that couldn't be closed for 20 seconds every time you accessed the site, would you still be as loyal a visitor?
What is the point of advertising in a vacuum?
- Ando
Consumers control the media. We go to sites we like, and we stay away from sites we don't. If cnn.com started displaying full-screen banner ads, it would be our choice to get our news elsewhere.
And so we will. There are other sites, and those without these "un-ignorable" ads will grow more popular. Why would any site do this to their visitors? It doesn't make sense.
If this does happen, I hope that consumers will use their brains, and boycott the sites that do use this ad technology, as we boycott Amazon.com for their One-Click-Shopping pantent ignorance.
-Ando
- Ando
God. If only I had moderator points. Bravo!
- Ando
My DynDhs provider doesn't take kindly to my address changing avery 10 mins (overloadage) so here's my new IP. sigh
Here
- Ando
Images loading slowly for you??
I've created a mirror Here
-Ando[EViLMEDiC]
- Ando
It's blatant in the screenshot, and it's a link off the featured site. If I'm paying top-dollar for a console, I want it to have the best graphics possibble. This doesn't.
Btw, Does anybody have a link to the Matrox system mentioned?
- Ando
IMHO, stick to computer hardware. Observe the jaggies in the Top-Left corner of
This Picture
featured on the linked site. Eeek! The rest looks ok, but what about anti-aliasing? The scenery looks like it's running on my attrocious 8mb Voodoo2 CE. (It's a piece of crap.)
Save your money, and buy one of those kick-ass Matrox Millenia boxes. A 64Mb GeForce 2 Ultra won't give you jaggies.
- Ando
Whoa.........
Shows why people constantly post anonymously. They post a humerous oppinion, and get bitch-slapped.
Well done moderators, you deserve your reputation.
- Ando