Being a Rogers@home and Cable TV customer
myself, I know what she is going thru.
One time, their DHCP servers were down,
(for two freakin days I might add)
and I called support. They had the nerve
to blame me for it! WTF?! Spoke to 3
different tech support personnel and got
the same fuckin script every single time!
They claimed that it MUST be my windows
TCP/IP stack that was corrupt since they
didn't recieve any other calls of problems
in my area.. well lets see.. booted up
my linux box with cable modem and guess what?
NO IP EITHER! They have such a bunch of
morons they deserve every bit of this and
more. Shaw was bad enough, Rogers even worst.
And the fact that they have a virtual monopoly
in my area doesn't help matters either!!!!
DAMN THE CRTC! DAMN ROGERS!! DAMN YOU ALL
TO HELL!!
All a union would accomplish is allow some 2-bit,
half-ass programmer to claim similar pay and
status as their more experienced and talented
peers.
I bet that you're not going to find any highly
skilled and paid individuals rushing to join
a union because they not they don't need it!
Their skills speak for themselves, not some
200lb gorilla which claims to be a voice for
the workers when really they're just bullys.
In the IT industry, competition is King. If you can't take the heat then you have no place here.
This is the biggest clue...
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Jobs is quoted as saying:...If enough people see the machine you won't have to convince them to architect cities around it. It'll just happen
This makes me believe that its definately some sort of transportation device..
Thats funny coz it take more energy to push a button than it takes to move your eyes:)
I'm with you though.. until a method of reading off of a computer screen that doesn't drive you crazy after 10 minutes comes up.. I'm still deep within the paper camp.
for years and years netrek has been a multiplayer over the internet.. no one in all my years of playing has ever cheated. and its open source to top it all off!
why?
because the server requires the client to send an RSA key which is checked against a list of known "good keys" If its there, then the client gets authenticated.. if not, then the client gets booted.
Yes yes.. but how do you prevent trainers on the client end? well, its simple.. make the client stupid. The server controls all damage allocation, stats, etc... all the client does is recieve packets from the server and updates its display... so I don't understand why they don't simply do stuff like this??
First off, I am Canadian and a minority at that.
I have also taken alot of philosophy during my educational years so I am familiar with your language.
Every single argument you have made
thus far has not been correct:
ad hominem =
Your definition:
"Ad hominem attacks involve disqualifying a party in the discussion in the eyes of third parties"
(which by the way is meaningless)
ACTUAL DEFINITION:
"Appealing to personal considerations rather than to logic or reason: Debaters should avoid ad hominem arguments that question their opponents' motives"
I would argue that no one here but you is indeed engaged in ad hominem attacks. Thus far you have no presented one iota of fact. Rather you have attempted to use language as your weapon. But language without substance is worthless.
Communicate (v):
1. To have an interchange, as of ideas.
2. To express oneself in such a way that one is readily and clearly understood
(and others)
It is unfair of you to use your definition to claim superiority (and accuse others of fallacy)when this is clearly a conjunctive statement (i.e. both are true). There is no fallacy here.
Please back up your statements with fact.
And just for the record, I did immigrate from another country and now I am a citizen of Canada.
And being a minority I find nothing racist about the statements that have been made thus far.
For Christ's sake, if you all you whining bunch of losers were really nerds then it should pretty much be given that whenever you have to compress audio or video you'll lose some quality.
For most people the loss in quality ISN'T THAT IMPORTANT and to be honest MOST PEOPLE DON'T CARE.
Ah hell, even in the movies the quality isn't much better than VHS (ever notice all that garbage that on the film??)
yes its not perfect.. but if you want perfect then go buy the f*cking DVDs and shut up already.
This'll crash NT waaay before a similar linux box.
Besides, normally linux will only allow so many
processes per user, # open files per user.. etc.
The ulimit -a command will list the current
upper limits.
e.g. On my machine
>ulimit -a
core file size (blocks) 1000000
data seg size (kbytes) unlimited
file size (blocks) unlimited
max memory size (kbytes) unlimited
stack size (kbytes) 8192
cpu time (seconds) unlimited
max user processes 2048
pipe size (512 bytes) 8
open files 1024
virtual memory (kbytes) 2105343
So, once I hit the 2048th process, the call to fork will fail, etc.
A properly configured linux box should have a far lower max process count than mine. In fact, I should lower all these limits right now..
You know, while this is may be a good idea
for the space station.. I would much rather
see them create a program to salvage all
that debris, melt it down and recycle it
if possible.
Granted it'll cost more than to simply
vaporize it, but think of our planet!
Right now its the only one we got and
we're using up resources way too fast.
We're such a wasteful species...
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I second that, nothing irritates me quite like
people prancing around showing off they're new
gadgets. And what gets me is that they're
always loud about it too. I wish that they'd
invent something that you have to be quiet
for it to work!
>"spoooon!!"
hahaha.. I loved the Tick. Too bad its
not on anymore..
Neon Genesis Evangelion!!
26 episodes + 2 movies.
Totally great storylines and animation.
You won't be dissappointed.
Akira
1 movie
Very good movie, but its extremely deep.
Dark animation.
Ghost In the Shell
1 movie
Entertaining, somewhat deep.
Pay very close attention to the story or
you'll find yourself wondering whats going
on.
Ninja Scroll
1 Movie (i think)
Fun Movie, based on actual Japanese history (??)
Very Entertaining, lots of gore. Easy to follow.
New Dominion Tank Police
2 Movies (or 1 movie with 2 parts)
Somewhat funny (especially the ultimate weapon
tank chase scene.. hahaha) but gets rather
dull near the end.
Macross Plus
1 Movie (but lots of related shows/movies)
Great movie, easy to follow, nice action
sequences.
You should have prior experience with the
Robotech series to really appreciate this one.
In one respect, I agree with you.
I too wouldn't want to see Linux become
what Win98 is today, more of the main
platform for games than for productivity.
It irks me that some people try to get into
Linux not because of the advantages of using
the OS but because it's 'cool' and its all
hype these days. I had a relative that tried
to mimic me and set up a linux server,
which I'm happy to say that he failed
miserably.
Why did he fail? It wasn't because he
didn't have the resources available to him
that I did? no. It wasn't because he had
inferior hardware to me? quite the contrary.
He failed because he didn't take it seriously.
All he was concerned about was feeding his
ego. And in that respect, I agree with your
statement. If you're not going to bother
to get serious with Linux, then stay away.
Because the last thing anyone wants is for
disgruntled users who've tried and failed to
use linux trash it to everyone else.
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STFU!!
Being a Rogers@home and Cable TV customer
myself, I know what she is going thru.
One time, their DHCP servers were down,
(for two freakin days I might add)
and I called support. They had the nerve
to blame me for it! WTF?! Spoke to 3
different tech support personnel and got
the same fuckin script every single time!
They claimed that it MUST be my windows
TCP/IP stack that was corrupt since they
didn't recieve any other calls of problems
in my area.. well lets see.. booted up
my linux box with cable modem and guess what?
NO IP EITHER! They have such a bunch of
morons they deserve every bit of this and
more. Shaw was bad enough, Rogers even worst.
And the fact that they have a virtual monopoly
in my area doesn't help matters either!!!!
DAMN THE CRTC! DAMN ROGERS!! DAMN YOU ALL
TO HELL!!
then I'll come running to a union :)
All a union would accomplish is allow some 2-bit,
half-ass programmer to claim similar pay and
status as their more experienced and talented
peers.
I bet that you're not going to find any highly
skilled and paid individuals rushing to join
a union because they not they don't need it!
Their skills speak for themselves, not some
200lb gorilla which claims to be a voice for
the workers when really they're just bullys.
In the IT industry, competition is King. If you can't take the heat then you have no place here.
Jobs is quoted as saying: ...If enough people see the machine you won't have to convince them to architect cities around it. It'll just happen
This makes me believe that its definately some sort of transportation device..
Thats funny coz it take more energy to push a button than it takes to move your eyes :)
I'm with you though.. until a method of reading off of a computer screen that doesn't drive you crazy after 10 minutes comes up.. I'm still deep within the paper camp.
for years and years netrek has been a multiplayer over the internet.. no one in all my years of playing has ever cheated. and its open source to top it all off!
why?
because the server requires the client to send an RSA key which is checked against a list of known "good keys" If its there, then the client gets authenticated.. if not, then the client gets booted.
Yes yes.. but how do you prevent trainers on the client end? well, its simple.. make the client stupid. The server controls all damage allocation, stats, etc... all the client does is recieve packets from the server and updates its display... so I don't understand why they don't simply do stuff like this??
Yeah but compare that with the avg 9 to 9.5ms
access time of a HD and there is a nice
performance gain (theoretically).
First off, I am Canadian and a minority at that.
I have also taken alot of philosophy during my educational years so I am familiar with your language.
Every single argument you have made
thus far has not been correct:
ad hominem =
Your definition:
"Ad hominem attacks involve disqualifying a party in the discussion in the eyes of third parties"
(which by the way is meaningless)
ACTUAL DEFINITION:
"Appealing to personal considerations rather than to logic or reason: Debaters should avoid ad hominem arguments that question their opponents' motives"
I would argue that no one here but you is indeed engaged in ad hominem attacks. Thus far you have no presented one iota of fact. Rather you have attempted to use language as your weapon. But language without substance is worthless.
Communicate (v):
1. To have an interchange, as of ideas.
2. To express oneself in such a way that one is readily and clearly understood
(and others)
It is unfair of you to use your definition to claim superiority (and accuse others of fallacy)when this is clearly a conjunctive statement (i.e. both are true). There is no fallacy here.
Please back up your statements with fact.
And just for the record, I did immigrate from another country and now I am a citizen of Canada.
And being a minority I find nothing racist about the statements that have been made thus far.
Feel free to criticize, I can hold my own.
For Christ's sake, if you all you whining bunch of losers were really nerds then it should pretty much be given that whenever you have to compress audio or video you'll lose some quality.
For most people the loss in quality ISN'T THAT IMPORTANT and to be honest MOST PEOPLE DON'T CARE.
Ah hell, even in the movies the quality isn't much better than VHS (ever notice all that garbage that on the film??)
yes its not perfect.. but if you want perfect then go buy the f*cking DVDs and shut up already.
God, what the hell has happened to this site....
netscape's default homepage is at home.netscape.com. Whats your point?
I'm canadian too, and I don't like the sound of the DMCA either.
Too bad our federal government is too spineless to stand up for themselves. But at least the RIAA and the MPAA don't have as much clout over here.
To be honest, as a Canadian I'm not sure what to do either.
This'll crash NT waaay before a similar linux box.
Besides, normally linux will only allow so many
processes per user, # open files per user.. etc.
The ulimit -a command will list the current
upper limits.
e.g. On my machine
>ulimit -a
core file size (blocks) 1000000
data seg size (kbytes) unlimited
file size (blocks) unlimited
max memory size (kbytes) unlimited
stack size (kbytes) 8192
cpu time (seconds) unlimited
max user processes 2048
pipe size (512 bytes) 8
open files 1024
virtual memory (kbytes) 2105343
So, once I hit the 2048th process, the call to fork will fail, etc.
A properly configured linux box should have a far lower max process count than mine. In fact, I should lower all these limits right now..
Yahoo didn't just "roll over" for a coporation. They were ordered to relinquish the name by the courts.
You know, while this is may be a good idea
for the space station.. I would much rather
see them create a program to salvage all
that debris, melt it down and recycle it
if possible.
Granted it'll cost more than to simply
vaporize it, but think of our planet!
Right now its the only one we got and
we're using up resources way too fast.
We're such a wasteful species...
I second that, nothing irritates me quite like
people prancing around showing off they're new
gadgets. And what gets me is that they're
always loud about it too. I wish that they'd
invent something that you have to be quiet
for it to work!
>"spoooon!!"
hahaha.. I loved the Tick. Too bad its
not on anymore..
Without a doubt..
Neon Genesis Evangelion!!
26 episodes + 2 movies.
Totally great storylines and animation.
You won't be dissappointed.
Akira
1 movie
Very good movie, but its extremely deep.
Dark animation.
Ghost In the Shell
1 movie
Entertaining, somewhat deep.
Pay very close attention to the story or
you'll find yourself wondering whats going
on.
Ninja Scroll
1 Movie (i think)
Fun Movie, based on actual Japanese history (??)
Very Entertaining, lots of gore. Easy to follow.
New Dominion Tank Police
2 Movies (or 1 movie with 2 parts)
Somewhat funny (especially the ultimate weapon
tank chase scene.. hahaha) but gets rather
dull near the end.
Macross Plus
1 Movie (but lots of related shows/movies)
Great movie, easy to follow, nice action
sequences.
You should have prior experience with the
Robotech series to really appreciate this one.
Cheers!
In one respect, I agree with you.
I too wouldn't want to see Linux become
what Win98 is today, more of the main
platform for games than for productivity.
It irks me that some people try to get into
Linux not because of the advantages of using
the OS but because it's 'cool' and its all
hype these days. I had a relative that tried
to mimic me and set up a linux server,
which I'm happy to say that he failed
miserably.
Why did he fail? It wasn't because he
didn't have the resources available to him
that I did? no. It wasn't because he had
inferior hardware to me? quite the contrary.
He failed because he didn't take it seriously.
All he was concerned about was feeding his
ego. And in that respect, I agree with your
statement. If you're not going to bother
to get serious with Linux, then stay away.
Because the last thing anyone wants is for
disgruntled users who've tried and failed to
use linux trash it to everyone else.
IMHO,