Unfortunately, the biggest problem with various distros, is most of them suffer from the worst kind of Not-Invented-Here syndrome:(
We need a distro that just selects the best parts of others (say apt from debian, installer from redhat, etc etc), and start from a "best of breed" (god forgive me for using that phrase) linux and work from there.
I don't know about the states, but here in Australia, when demolition man was shown on TV, we didn't have Taco Bell..... So the soulless bastards replaced it with Pizza Hut!!! It was really badly done too, like in the simpsons.
"this is my good friend... *mr black*... i want you to listen to *mr black* and do what he says"
Yeah.... just like all those viruses my computer got from MP3 files.... I mean, look at them... they've destroyed so many computers. Because I know every phone will try to execute the audio data... Because that's what you do isn't it? You execute audo data as instructions???
Of course it would probably double, if not tripple the bandwidth used by Slashdot. Something that gets very, very expensive. So while disk space is cheap, and the cache seems technically doable, I bet it's prohibative for other reasons.
It may not be free, but would make a nice cookie for subscribers!
This sounds pretty cool. Who here has an extra $25,000 lying around?
I wish I did.... I think I'd cut the top of the tower down, and build a nice little open plan shelter on the strong platform that holds the bigger dishes. Keep the bunker for amenities and (really) bad-weather sleeping quarters, and have myself a nice elevated living area with a great view!
And of course nobody thinks to cover the fact that America's response to this act is to simply escalate its attacks on the enemies of israel^H^H^H^H^H^H freedom, and escelating the problem... Every time a Bin Laden is martyred, a hundred will rise to take his place. If he dies of old age, perhaps your children will too.
They contain digital locks that prevent the files from being copied. The license expires after 24 hours, rendering the file useless unless the license is renewed.
So, I'd have to download 700mb (Au$105 assuming it's outside my monthly bandwidth allowance), and then I have to pay Au$8 every time I want to watch it afterwards? When I can rent it on DVD for Au$3?
That rules! How much can these old powerbooks be had for is the next question? I'd like to do something similar.
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True on both accounts, but I was speaking not about simple things that are pleasant to look at, but "art" that exists simply becuase nobody else bothered to do it before. Nobody thinks a coastline wrapped in glad-wrap looks particularly pretty, but it was the idea of it that impressed people, and the fact that he (sorry, name gone... class memories fading) came up with the idea in the first place....
Yes I am. I'm entitled to say whatever I feel about this "art" project, to anybody who wants to listen. I'm allowed to think it's crap, and I'm allowed to say I think it's crap. Same goes for the kinds of people who like this sort of crap. I'm allowed to think they're idiots, and I'm allowed to say I think they're idiots.
Think about it. If you had unlimited cheap streaming access to any music anywhere in the world, what's the point in downloading?
Riiiiiiiight.... you know there is a world outside of the US, and most of us have to pay by the MB, tha is of course those that even have enough bandwidth to stream cd quality.
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That being said, I have to admit that I don't "get" most "post-modern" art either, and suspect that most of it is pretensious crap. But I understand enough to know I'm too ignorant of the ideas involved to really have a useful opinion.
What kinda bullshit is that? I fuckin hate "art" that joe shmoe can't understand because he's "too ignorant of the ideas involved".... Like beauty, art is in the eyes of the beholder. That kind of crap is simply a vessel for the pseudo-"intellectuals" that read poetry in coffee shops to sit around congratulating themselves because they get it, and all us stupid folk don't.
Try it for yourself.. at new years, cricket matches, the rubgy or even at a tennis match with Leyton Hewitt. You will be surprised..... When somebody like me throws a can of XXXX at your head. We are so very sick to death of hearing that stupid chant.
And we all know the appropriate things to chant at a cricket match:
"HOWZAT!!!"
"Come on Aussie come on!"
"Bowling shane!" (and of course, "Bowling Warney, feeling horny")
I know a lot of americans think that they are "free", but as an Australian, I can't fathom a modern western society where gambling is against the law. It's rediculous. Also, I'm intrigued about the details - I know you guys have a lottery system, do you have those little "instant scratchies"? Also, I assume pokies are banned, what about bingo? And more importantly, if there's no pokies, and no bingo, what the hell do you people do when you get older than 55?
but i cant run as you suggest, especially 2 miles, i can barely walk 1 mile (if i can at all).. if i ran id pass out after about 100 feet. so whats your suggestion?
It's easy...
1. Get out the front door, and carry a bit of chalk. 2. Jog (don't flat out run) as far as you can. 3. Mark the footpath with the chalk. 4. Tomorrow, jog as far as you can - push yourself and make sure you go past the line of chalk. 5. Make a new line. 6. Goto 4. 7. ??? 8. Profit!
The reason geeks don't like writing too much documentation is simple. It's not laziness (well not always), it's just one simple thing.
Documentation written before the project completion is wrong.
Always.
Full stop.
No matter how good your documentation is, people in charge will look at it, and go "great!" then half way through, they look over your shoulder and say "that's not how i want that to work" and they make a "simple" change that creates a whole new use case, or sends an existing one off on a tangent. Or, a programmer half way through will come up with a better idea himself, and discuss it with the boss, and so it changes from spec again.
And the worst thing in the world definitely isn't no documentation, it's wrong documentation.
well, i wouldn't call it 'sad', even though i haven't seen it. i mean, it's nonviolent, right? and it's creative, ja? and like 50-70% of kids are fat and underexercised, correct?
Perhaps you should brush up on your comprehension skills? He was lamenting the loss of the local video game arcade, something I'm sure most of us here do fairly often.
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Unfortunately, the biggest problem with various distros, is most of them suffer from the worst kind of Not-Invented-Here syndrome :(
We need a distro that just selects the best parts of others (say apt from debian, installer from redhat, etc etc), and start from a "best of breed" (god forgive me for using that phrase) linux and work from there.
Coke sells more than any other product in any market In australia.
I don't know about the states, but here in Australia, when demolition man was shown on TV, we didn't have Taco Bell..... So the soulless bastards replaced it with Pizza Hut!!! It was really badly done too, like in the simpsons.
"this is my good friend... *mr black*... i want you to listen to *mr black* and do what he says"
It was hideous.
How did this ever get modded up? A VoIP virus?
Yeah.... just like all those viruses my computer got from MP3 files.... I mean, look at them... they've destroyed so many computers. Because I know every phone will try to execute the audio data... Because that's what you do isn't it? You execute audo data as instructions???
No, no no no no... Her boobs were great, she sucked (don't bother).
Bullshit, your isp does it. Ever heard of a Proxy?
Of course it would probably double, if not tripple the bandwidth used by Slashdot. Something that gets very, very expensive. So while disk space is cheap, and the cache seems technically doable, I bet it's prohibative for other reasons.
It may not be free, but would make a nice cookie for subscribers!
This sounds pretty cool. Who here has an extra $25,000 lying around?
I wish I did.... I think I'd cut the top of the tower down, and build a nice little open plan shelter on the strong platform that holds the bigger dishes. Keep the bunker for amenities and (really) bad-weather sleeping quarters, and have myself a nice elevated living area with a great view!
And of course nobody thinks to cover the fact that America's response to this act is to simply escalate its attacks on the enemies of israel^H^H^H^H^H^H freedom, and escelating the problem... Every time a Bin Laden is martyred, a hundred will rise to take his place. If he dies of old age, perhaps your children will too.
Just blame Tibor!
They contain digital locks that prevent the files from being copied. The license expires after 24 hours, rendering the file useless unless the license is renewed.
So, I'd have to download 700mb (Au$105 assuming it's outside my monthly bandwidth allowance), and then I have to pay Au$8 every time I want to watch it afterwards? When I can rent it on DVD for Au$3?
Good idea, wot?
That rules! How much can these old powerbooks be had for is the next question? I'd like to do something similar.
True on both accounts, but I was speaking not about simple things that are pleasant to look at, but "art" that exists simply becuase nobody else bothered to do it before. Nobody thinks a coastline wrapped in glad-wrap looks particularly pretty, but it was the idea of it that impressed people, and the fact that he (sorry, name gone... class memories fading) came up with the idea in the first place....
Yes I am. I'm entitled to say whatever I feel about this "art" project, to anybody who wants to listen. I'm allowed to think it's crap, and I'm allowed to say I think it's crap. Same goes for the kinds of people who like this sort of crap. I'm allowed to think they're idiots, and I'm allowed to say I think they're idiots.
Think about it. If you had unlimited cheap streaming access to any music anywhere in the world, what's the point in downloading?
Riiiiiiiight.... you know there is a world outside of the US, and most of us have to pay by the MB, tha is of course those that even have enough bandwidth to stream cd quality.
That being said, I have to admit that I don't "get" most "post-modern" art either, and suspect that most of it is pretensious crap. But I understand enough to know I'm too ignorant of the ideas involved to really have a useful opinion.
What kinda bullshit is that? I fuckin hate "art" that joe shmoe can't understand because he's "too ignorant of the ideas involved".... Like beauty, art is in the eyes of the beholder. That kind of crap is simply a vessel for the pseudo-"intellectuals" that read poetry in coffee shops to sit around congratulating themselves because they get it, and all us stupid folk don't.
Leyton Hewitt. You will be surprised.
And we all know the appropriate things to chant at a cricket match:
Yelling any of these is perfectly acceptable.
That's like paying homage to a Crucifix to represent the death of a person Crucified...
you mean, like... christians?
Yeah, not many people would do something like that
I know a lot of americans think that they are "free", but as an Australian, I can't fathom a modern western society where gambling is against the law. It's rediculous. Also, I'm intrigued about the details - I know you guys have a lottery system, do you have those little "instant scratchies"? Also, I assume pokies are banned, what about bingo? And more importantly, if there's no pokies, and no bingo, what the hell do you people do when you get older than 55?
but i cant run as you suggest, especially 2 miles, i can barely walk 1 mile (if i can at all).. if i ran id pass out after about 100 feet. so whats your suggestion?
It's easy...
1. Get out the front door, and carry a bit of chalk.
2. Jog (don't flat out run) as far as you can.
3. Mark the footpath with the chalk.
4. Tomorrow, jog as far as you can - push yourself and make sure you go past the line of chalk.
5. Make a new line.
6. Goto 4.
7. ???
8. Profit!
This method could be first field-tested by a volunteer group of female flight stewards. ...erm... and ME :)
good thing soccer only exists in the US then, the rest of the world plays football. Coincidence? I think not.. ;) //rdj
;-)
No, no, no, no, no... you english have it all wrong... You guys call soccer football, and you call football Rugby! Sheesh!
The reason geeks don't like writing too much documentation is simple. It's not laziness (well not always), it's just one simple thing.
Documentation written before the project completion is wrong.
Always.
Full stop.
No matter how good your documentation is, people in charge will look at it, and go "great!" then half way through, they look over your shoulder and say "that's not how i want that to work" and they make a "simple" change that creates a whole new use case, or sends an existing one off on a tangent. Or, a programmer half way through will come up with a better idea himself, and discuss it with the boss, and so it changes from spec again.
And the worst thing in the world definitely isn't no documentation, it's wrong documentation.
"sad really..."
well, i wouldn't call it 'sad', even though i haven't seen it. i mean, it's nonviolent, right? and it's creative, ja? and like 50-70% of kids are fat and underexercised, correct?
Perhaps you should brush up on your comprehension skills? He was lamenting the loss of the local video game arcade, something I'm sure most of us here do fairly often.
...or even further back to that wireframe star wars arcade game of the early 80s whose name escapes me...
Hmmm..... Perhaps it was called Star Wars...