I'm strongly for legalization of weed, but I don't object to laws against use of dangerous equipment under the influence of drugs, ignorance, or stupidity.
I especially like the ignorance and stupidity part. Half of the SUV's out there would be undriven if this were law.
Aye, and that's why I be patchin' tonight! I too fear for the corruption, as I got a minor hit from it in recent weeks. It seems I had some null/unprintable characters in my Modelines in my XF86Config files. very odd indeed.
Once again, Slashdot has reacted in its typical reactionary manner.
Quote of the day. To react in a reactionary manner. Is there any other way?
But seriously, Roger is correct about this. It is simply a task force to study the law. Why they don't just apply current laws to the us portions of the internet (if that's technically possible) is completely beyond me. What I'm afraid of is the possibility that new laws will be created as a result. That can be bad. The result would likely be like new patents : "to transmit video and audio via the the Internet" That is not what we need.
I mean, good for them writing a dri driver. I guess we could use something like this. But my problem is they only released it as DRI because you don't need to release source under such a system, since it's a pluggable binary/library.
It's funny, since they should work about keeping the dies for their chips a secret, and not the software that interfaces with it.
I'll keep my nVidia (even though it crashes blender) and run with that. If I can keep the nVidia drivers from crashing, I'd use it to full potential. I'll have to wait for X11R4
Even though Vestax had at one time a bad motto "rhymes with bestax" (which was pointless) they do make some really nice dj equipment. Their tables are good as well, at least the direct drive ones are.
then again, you can only go wrong with Radioshack and gemini (at least for turntables +/- 2% is lousy)
Actually, they didn't change any real programs either. They just spoofed the (poorly written) bboard program. They tricked it to play back javascript code.
I have the box from my alpha sitting around, and it is HUGE! The physical dimensions are pretty big (4x bigger than the multia) and that little bugger is in a all steel case (with a plastic mount) that seriously contributes to the weight.
Uncle Sam is the actual name for our country. See? it's convienent, Uncle Sam = US.
Actually Uncle Sam is our equivalent to big brother. Supposed to be like your uncle guiding you to manifest destiny or some other bulldrek. Mostly he's seen pointing a finger at you and saying "you voted for it"
not to mention gubberment in general with its dead but still kicking departments, like the one that brings powerlines to farms. Their job was done over 20 years ago but they still exist.
They'd be saying "OH my God, but what would the former IRS people do" if we had a flat sales tax of 15%.
An example of "trickle-down" theory in action (I believe the phrase "trickle-down" to be deplorable, by the way) is my county and the one to the south of us. I moved to Butler county (north of pittsburgh in Allegheney county) for one reason and only one reason: TAXES. I was paying 2.8 percent for income, I now pay 1. Sales tax is 7% in Allegheney, outlying areas have a tax of 6%
You'd be amazed How much of a difference this makes. Also, if they taxed the internet transactions, I'd stop buying things online. The only reason I buy online is the tax break as well. For example my purchase of a palm IIIx saved me a heck of a lot of money:
You see, I saved ~100 dollars on my purchase! That's called being a smart consumer. Take every advantage.
BTW: you mentioned how taxes discourage purchase, but you don't mention encouraging purchases.
I'll give one:
Japanese dump foreign steel. We tariff them to make sure things are "fair" (which is an abuse of the system) Steel mills are happy, American car manufacturers are not.
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I'm strongly for legalization of weed, but I don't object to laws against use of dangerous equipment under the influence of drugs, ignorance, or stupidity.
I especially like the ignorance and stupidity part. Half of the SUV's out there would be undriven if this were law.
Snuff in some areas is just fine ground chew.
And people take it orally.
Pot doesn't cause cancer if ingested either...
Take Zelda 64 as an example
Zelda was delayed, missed deadlines, was supposed to come out on the infamous 64DD, and had a serious crash bug on the first head boss..
Oh, that and the game system makes it damned near impossible to beat "phantom shadow beast Bongo Bongo" (though it does have a kickass name)
Giants are a [Baseball,Football] team. I forget which, since I hate/don't care about sports.
Isn't this on the list of /. trolls? "BSD 343982839-238 is out"
Aye, and that's why I be patchin' tonight! I too fear for the corruption, as I got a minor hit from it in recent weeks. It seems I had some null/unprintable characters in my Modelines in my XF86Config files. very odd indeed.
Once again, Slashdot has reacted in its typical reactionary manner.
Quote of the day. To react in a reactionary manner. Is there any other way?
But seriously, Roger is correct about this. It is simply a task force to study the law. Why they don't just apply current laws to the us portions of the internet (if that's technically possible) is completely beyond me. What I'm afraid of is the possibility that new laws will be created as a result. That can be bad. The result would likely be like new patents : "to transmit video and audio via the the Internet" That is not what we need.
Yeah, I know, I know. At least THAT's fixed. It would be nice if the preview were forced once sometimes.
Duh, preview before posting... I mean XFree86 4
I mean, good for them writing a dri driver. I guess we could use something like this. But my problem is they only released it as DRI because you don't need to release source under such a system, since it's a pluggable binary/library.
It's funny, since they should work about keeping the dies for their chips a secret, and not the software that interfaces with it.
I'll keep my nVidia (even though it crashes blender) and run with that. If I can keep the nVidia drivers from crashing, I'd use it to full potential. I'll have to wait for X11R4
I'll wait for this one to come out. I was just talking to my cousins about this one, and I hoped it would be coming out for linux! roxin!
that's differently
Even though Vestax had at one time a bad motto "rhymes with bestax" (which was pointless) they do make some really nice dj equipment. Their tables are good as well, at least the direct drive ones are.
then again, you can only go wrong with Radioshack and gemini (at least for turntables +/- 2% is lousy)
It would be kinda hard for the LinuxPPC people to run LinuxPPC on a non-PPC platform, wouldn't it?
not mad or anything, but last I checked LinuxPPC ran on non-intel processors.
In case you ["didn\'t notice","have no sense of humour"] this message was posted completely out of fun.
Why so much? How do they expect you to run StarOffice if Linux takes up 160MB? Another example of Linux Bloatware...
160MB of ram?
Actually, they didn't change any real programs either. They just spoofed the (poorly written) bboard program. They tricked it to play back javascript code.
Turks and Arabs are Asian, not oriental. the term "oriental" refers to a thing from asia (the orient apparently) and an "asian" is a person from asia.
Funny, In my office there are:
two black people, and one one hispanic origin.
The rest of us folk are white. This in an office of 150 people.
And they call Pittsburgh a melting pot.
the previous poster said '"true story"' not 'true story' (note quotes)
I think it was a sign of doubt of falsehood.
I have the box from my alpha sitting around, and it is HUGE! The physical dimensions are pretty big (4x bigger than the multia) and that little bugger is in a all steel case (with a plastic mount) that seriously contributes to the weight.
Uncle Sam is the actual name for our country. See? it's convienent, Uncle Sam = US.
Actually Uncle Sam is our equivalent to big brother. Supposed to be like your uncle guiding you to manifest destiny or some other bulldrek. Mostly he's seen pointing a finger at you and saying "you voted for it"
not to mention gubberment in general with its dead but still kicking departments, like the one that brings powerlines to farms. Their job was done over 20 years ago but they still exist.
They'd be saying "OH my God, but what would the former IRS people do" if we had a flat sales tax of 15%.
Big Lie, eh? Please, post specific citations,facts,figures, public statements, charts or graphs.
An example of "trickle-down" theory in action (I believe the phrase "trickle-down" to be deplorable, by the way) is my county and the one to the south of us. I moved to Butler county (north of pittsburgh in Allegheney county) for one reason and only one reason: TAXES. I was paying 2.8 percent for income, I now pay 1. Sales tax is 7% in Allegheney, outlying areas have a tax of 6%
You'd be amazed How much of a difference this makes. Also, if they taxed the internet transactions, I'd stop buying things online. The only reason I buy online is the tax break as well. For example my purchase of a palm IIIx saved me a heck of a lot of money:
Compusa $370 + 25.09 in tax = ~400 dollars.
Buy.com $293 + 10.00 s+h = 303 dollars.
You see, I saved ~100 dollars on my purchase! That's called being a smart consumer. Take every advantage.
BTW: you mentioned how taxes discourage purchase, but you don't mention encouraging purchases.
I'll give one:
Japanese dump foreign steel. We tariff them to make sure things are "fair" (which is an abuse of the system) Steel mills are happy, American car manufacturers are not.
then:
"Redhat IS the next Microsoft!"