For the not-so-faint-of-heart, keenspot has a great "List Of Potentially Offensive Webcomics". Classics such as SpaceMoose, and Celebrity Car Wash figure prominently. Also contains links to the newer low brow comics on the web.
There is also a system called CEBus that is sorta like a two-way X-10.
I saw a neat control box built by IBM Pervasive Computing group at a conference. It was some sort of DSL/modem/router/CEBus control box. Kinda neat, and ran Linux.
From what I understand there is no direct linux support for CEBus, you have to run the drivers over a JVM, damn licsensing crap.
But.. I guess it's understandable. In fact upon reflection I am kind of glad scalpers won't be able to get (many) tickets. Oh well, I guess it's time to break out the sleeping bags and camping stove.
--begin rant The problem is that when Bill says things, the great unwashed masses (win-users) will listen with slackjawed idiocy. Bill says that Linux is splintering, and a Linux-deprived person, may look and see RedHat Linux and Debian Linux. Do they know that if one knows how to mantain a Debian machine that one would have not trouble with a Redhat box? No! A non tech would just nod and say, "oh, look so many different types of Linux, that means Bill was right! I better go buy Windows 2000"
The problem is that though his arguments are wrong or only true on the surface, what he is insinuating is insulating the average Joel User from ever thinking about trying Linux.
When Ed Muth had his infamous interview we saw a sudden proliferation of released statements, and rebuttals. This was good. A better way would be to find a way to get these truths out to those that the FUD has infected.
It's all good to impress each other here on Slashdot with the virtues of Linux, and pat each other on the back for having such a wonderful OS, but really, in order to gain a large user base, and prove Bill wrong, we have to respond where everyone can see us, not just to other techs and each other.
Well there seems to be all this discussion of what can be better. That this system, or that system is the Way Things Should Be. I propose an experiment. The readers of Slashdot are members of an intellectual semi-elite, and we should be able to move through this logically.
So let us devise a socialogical system which would stem solely from the initial premise of the basic right of Intellectual Property. In another thread let's examine what would happen if Intellectual Property was a fundamental untruth, and that ideas are shared completely freely, as a basic assumption.
To put this more succinctly: In universe 1, try to imagine a society who have the same basic makeup as us, except that IP is a fundamental truth/right. In universe 2, try to imagine a society who have the same basic makeup as us, except that freedom of ideas is a universal truth/freedom/right.
Let's try to disconnect the discussion from the current political world we live in and instead try to generate logical consequences for how these societies would develop.
Just a suggestion for an interesting thought experiment.
> When they actually produce a working OS they can call it whatever they want, but they shouldn't go around renaming other people's work.
Hey Now! Debian is one of the better distributions, IMHO, and is one of the only distributions that mantains the same spirit that helped build Linux in the first place. Don't troll what you don't understand.
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For the not-so-faint-of-heart, keenspot has a great "List Of Potentially Offensive Webcomics". Classics such as SpaceMoose, and Celebrity Car Wash figure prominently. Also contains links to the newer low brow comics on the web.
On a completely different note, here are my personal faves: Penny Arcade, Sluggy Freelance, Exploitation Now!, MegaTokyo, Red Meat, HotenDotey, and Jerk City.
I am sure I forgot a couple of my regulars, but these are the major ones.
There is also a system called CEBus that is sorta like a two-way X-10.
I saw a neat control box built by IBM Pervasive Computing group at a conference. It was some sort of DSL/modem/router/CEBus control box. Kinda neat, and ran Linux.
From what I understand there is no direct linux support for CEBus, you have to run the drivers over a JVM, damn licsensing crap.
Indeed, the Conan years were the best. Those were the days...
ARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!
But.. I guess it's understandable. In fact upon reflection I am kind of glad scalpers won't be able to get (many) tickets. Oh well, I guess it's time to break out the sleeping bags and camping stove.
--begin rant
The problem is that when Bill says things, the great unwashed masses (win-users) will listen with slackjawed idiocy. Bill says that Linux is splintering, and a Linux-deprived person, may look and see RedHat Linux and Debian Linux. Do they know that if one knows how to mantain a Debian machine that one would have not trouble with a Redhat box? No! A non tech would just nod and say, "oh, look so many different types of Linux, that means Bill was right! I better go buy Windows 2000"
The problem is that though his arguments are wrong or only true on the surface, what he is insinuating is insulating the average Joel User from ever thinking about trying Linux.
When Ed Muth had his infamous interview we saw a sudden proliferation of released statements, and rebuttals. This was good. A better way would be to find a way to get these truths out to those that the FUD has infected.
It's all good to impress each other here on Slashdot with the virtues of Linux, and pat each other on the back for having such a wonderful OS, but really, in order to gain a large user base, and prove Bill wrong, we have to respond where everyone can see us, not just to other techs and each other.
--end rant
Yes, but glibc didn't come into play until recently. gcc has been there since the beginning
Well there seems to be all this discussion of what can be better. That this system, or that system is the Way Things Should Be. I propose an experiment. The readers of Slashdot are members of an intellectual semi-elite, and we should be able to move through this logically.
So let us devise a socialogical system which would stem solely from the initial premise of the basic right of Intellectual Property. In another thread let's examine what would happen if Intellectual Property was a fundamental untruth, and that ideas are shared completely freely, as a basic assumption.
To put this more succinctly:
In universe 1, try to imagine a society who have the same basic makeup as us, except that IP is a fundamental truth/right.
In universe 2, try to imagine a society who have the same basic makeup as us, except that freedom of ideas is a universal truth/freedom/right.
Let's try to disconnect the discussion from the current political world we live in and instead try to generate logical consequences for how these societies would develop.
Just a suggestion for an interesting thought experiment.
Indeed... what features might those be?
I administer both RedHat (work) and Debian (home) Networks, and I have to say Debian package management is by far my favorite.
Oh WOW! customized CD's wow! Screw the burner. I'm gonna go to one of these vending machines!
-hey Rob where are all the other posts? I'm pretty sure I'm not first
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> When they actually produce a working OS they can call it whatever they want, but they shouldn't go around renaming other people's work.
Hey Now! Debian is one of the better distributions, IMHO, and is one of the only distributions that mantains the same spirit that helped build Linux in the first place. Don't troll what you don't understand.