The average user does not appreciate the difference between flat panel and CRT screens.
Sure I do. The cat won't be able to tear holes in the CRT, trying to kill the mouse pointer and succeeding in getting carcinogenic goo all over my desk.
A Century ago when Automobles were a new product there were dozens of auto companies for each one that survives today. The same for Airplanes.
Good analogy. Speaking as an AMC owner, there are a lot of similarities between the dead-car-brand fanatics and the dead-computer-brand fanatics. Pretty much any post on the AMC mailing list would be right at home coming from an Amiga fan.
Are there any recurring high-tech temporary communities on this scale in North America?
I can't think of any. Then again, when I'm out camping or hiking, I want to get the hell _away_ from the computers I spend all my working time with. It's tough to appreciate being outdoors when your eyes are still focused on the panel of your laptop.
He envisions a single protocol for everything from the keyboard, hard disk, peripherals, to the net connection -- just one kind of socket in the back of your box.
Wouldn't that be FireWire? It'll do storage, peripherals, and act as a transport for TCP/IP right now. No vision needed.
Lots of nice articles showing off the state of the art in Linux development today.
I don't think that the target market for _Forbes_ is too interested in the development of software. They're probably more interested in the fact that "Open Source" based companies are dropping like flies these days.
I wonder how much longer VA Pastries and Sundries has left.
This is a remarkably content free article. For those who want the Cliff's Notes version:
* BSD/OS has a commercial license.
* Some of the binaries in BSD/OS are slightly smaller.
* The setup scripts are arranged a little differently.
* BSD/OS has more stuff by default, and it might take as much as ten minutes in the package tree to bring NetBSD up to par.
Er, that's about it.
I'd be more interested in a comparison of the three free BSD operating systems; I've been running NetBSD and OpenBSD for a couple of years now, but I've never installed FreeBSD. I've heard it's got something of a Linuxy bloat rather than the grim austerity of the Open and Net OSes... any comments from users? Might as well put _something_ useful in this wasted comments section.
Anyone know a good^H^H^H^Hcheap place to buy a 1-2 year old used Mac?
I bought an older iMac from www.macofalltrades.com a couple of years ago. No complaints here - the shipping was fast and I'm still using it as my primary machine.
I like the idea of merging the set-top box with a DVR using normal cable tv or satellite. A good combination.
The trade-off, of course, is that they _both_ have to be upgraded if you want something better. The whole unit would have to be replaced, in this case.
See how much people on here bitch about the iMac if you don't think this would be a problem.
E-games are now both historic and significant, representations of the birth of a culture.
E-games? What the fuck is an E-games?
Christ, Katz, give it up. I know the only thing you want to hear is some talking head on CNN saying "The term [whatever] was coined by super-cool post-Columbine geek champion Jon Katz." It's not going to happen. Shut your fucking cakehole and stop making words up already.
You decide if it is real or not, a solid dual GPU solution would surely rock the industry to massive proportions...as soon as the next version of the drivers come out, I presume. This is an ATI product, remember.
Hardware vendors seem to be falling into Microsoft's scheme of constant upgrade, too. "Sure, your printer is only 2 years old, and will last another 4, but we don't support that printer, it hasn't been produced in a year, and we have to focus on our newer products."
Amen. I've got a perfectly good HP Deskjet 648c - it's a cheap printer, but I print very rarely, so a cheap printer is all I need.
Well, since I upgraded to OS X on my home machine, a cheap printer and a Classic session is all I need, because HP is only releasing drivers for their _expensive_ printers for OS X.
Looks like I'll be running this one into the ground and replacing it with a Lexmark or something instead.
According to this story on news.com, it is becoming harder for users of Microsoft-free systems and browsers to view the web.
That's odd... I've been using Mozilla as my sole browser for a few months now, and I haven't had any problems at all. That's compared to a year and a half ago, when M18(?) was completely stymied by a lot of sites.
Seems to me that things are getting better, not worse. Then again, stories about things improving don't get the ad impressions.
Oh, right, this is Slashdot. Damn near _everyone_ here is running Windows and leaving their 3 gig Red Hat partition untouched.
From the moderation totals:
Moderation Totals: Troll=2, Total=2.
Hey, mods, blow me. I got more karma than you do points. The only wait I'm losing my +1 is if CmdrTaco should happen to reboot into Linux from whatever Windows-only game he's playing and slap me down.
Yes, as in James Ellroy. There's an edited version of an old interview with him in The Onion this week. Hunt through the archives for the original - it's a lot better.
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The average user does not appreciate the difference between flat panel and CRT screens.
Sure I do. The cat won't be able to tear holes in the CRT, trying to kill the mouse pointer and succeeding in getting carcinogenic goo all over my desk.
--saint
I gave up on them because a year went by and there wasn't anything new.
Gee, I can't think of any other godawful redhat derivatives like that...
Thank heavens for other options, huh?
--saint
A Century ago when Automobles were a new product there were dozens of auto companies for each one that survives today. The same for Airplanes.
Good analogy. Speaking as an AMC owner, there are a lot of similarities between the dead-car-brand fanatics and the dead-computer-brand fanatics. Pretty much any post on the AMC mailing list would be right at home coming from an Amiga fan.
--saint
Are there any recurring high-tech temporary communities on this scale in North America?
I can't think of any. Then again, when I'm out camping or hiking, I want to get the hell _away_ from the computers I spend all my working time with. It's tough to appreciate being outdoors when your eyes are still focused on the panel of your laptop.
--saint
Now if I can get a sound clip of Tom Hanks saying that, I'm set.
I always wanted a graphic of Peter Norton, accompanied by "This computer is fu-fu-fu-fucked!" a la Max Headroom.
--saint
He envisions a single protocol for everything from the keyboard, hard disk, peripherals, to the net connection -- just one kind of socket in the back of your box.
Wouldn't that be FireWire? It'll do storage, peripherals, and act as a transport for TCP/IP right now. No vision needed.
--saint
The Forbes target audience will be very interested in anything that can cut costs for companies.
You mean like a software and support package from TurboLinux? Or maybe Progeny?
See my point now?
--saint
Lots of nice articles showing off the state of the art in Linux development today.
I don't think that the target market for _Forbes_ is too interested in the development of software. They're probably more interested in the fact that "Open Source" based companies are dropping like flies these days.
I wonder how much longer VA Pastries and Sundries has left.
--saint
This is a remarkably content free article. For those who want the Cliff's Notes version:
* BSD/OS has a commercial license.
* Some of the binaries in BSD/OS are slightly
smaller.
* The setup scripts are arranged a little differently.
* BSD/OS has more stuff by default, and it might take as much as ten minutes in the package tree to bring NetBSD up to par.
Er, that's about it.
I'd be more interested in a comparison of the three free BSD operating systems; I've been running NetBSD and OpenBSD for a couple of years now, but I've never installed FreeBSD. I've heard it's got something of a Linuxy bloat rather than the grim austerity of the Open and Net OSes... any comments from users? Might as well put _something_ useful in this wasted comments section.
--saint
Good. Maybe next time I travel I won't get stopped at the "random" checks three out of four times.
I really feel bad for my middle-eastern friends. They're getting four out of four, for the most part. I'm just a big unshaven white guy.
--saint
Anyone know a good^H^H^H^Hcheap place to buy a 1-2 year old used Mac?
I bought an older iMac from www.macofalltrades.com a couple of years ago. No complaints here - the shipping was fast and I'm still using it as my primary machine.
--saint
I like the idea of merging the set-top box with a DVR using normal cable tv or satellite. A good combination.
The trade-off, of course, is that they _both_ have to be upgraded if you want something better. The whole unit would have to be replaced, in this case.
See how much people on here bitch about the iMac if you don't think this would be a problem.
--saint
Salon has coverage of Palladium which gives first page coverage to the idea that Palladium is designed to kill open source software.
That's weird. Salon is usually so objective and unbiased.
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--saint
E-games are now both historic and significant, representations of the birth of a culture.
E-games? What the fuck is an E-games?
Christ, Katz, give it up. I know the only thing you want to hear is some talking head on CNN saying "The term [whatever] was coined by super-cool post-Columbine geek champion Jon Katz." It's not going to happen. Shut your fucking cakehole and stop making words up already.
--saint
New Apple computers, such as the Golden Delicious and Granny Smith will be unveiled.
There was a product called "pippin" at one point - it was a crossover effort from Bandai and Apple in the mid-90s to start a game console.
Think of the sort of shit games Bandai produces.
Think of the gaming power of a Quadra.
Now you see why nobody talks about it.
--saint
You decide if it is real or not, a solid dual GPU solution would surely rock the industry to massive proportions ...as soon as the next version of the drivers come out, I presume. This is an ATI product, remember.
--saint
reminiscent of Courtney Love's speech.
Why? Did someone else write this one too?
--saint
Hardware vendors seem to be falling into Microsoft's scheme of constant upgrade, too. "Sure, your printer is only 2 years old, and will last another 4, but we don't support that printer, it hasn't been produced in a year, and we have to focus on our newer products."
Amen. I've got a perfectly good HP Deskjet 648c - it's a cheap printer, but I print very rarely, so a cheap printer is all I need.
Well, since I upgraded to OS X on my home machine, a cheap printer and a Classic session is all I need, because HP is only releasing drivers for their _expensive_ printers for OS X.
Looks like I'll be running this one into the ground and replacing it with a Lexmark or something instead.
--saint
According to this story on news.com, it is becoming harder for users of Microsoft-free systems and browsers to view the web.
That's odd... I've been using Mozilla as my sole browser for a few months now, and I haven't had any problems at all. That's compared to a year and a half ago, when M18(?) was completely stymied by a lot of sites.
Seems to me that things are getting better, not worse. Then again, stories about things improving don't get the ad impressions.
--saint
From my parent post:
Oh, right, this is Slashdot. Damn near _everyone_ here is running Windows and leaving their 3 gig Red Hat partition untouched.
From the moderation totals:
Moderation Totals: Troll=2, Total=2.
Hey, mods, blow me. I got more karma than you do points. The only wait I'm losing my +1 is if CmdrTaco should happen to reboot into Linux from whatever Windows-only game he's playing and slap me down.
Useless fucking whores.
--saint
from the wonder-where-we-fit-in dept.
You're more "rumro-Whomoting" than anything, I'd say.
--saint
And I'm sure we'll all be coerced to agree to Palliadium during a future security patch agreement.
Only if you use Microsoft products.
Oh, right, this is Slashdot. Damn near _everyone_ here is running Windows and leaving their 3 gig Red Hat partition untouched. I forgot.
(In case you're wondering, Free Software is the carrot. Microsoft is the stick.)
--saint
cyberbuffs are afflicted with "insufficient perspective, disdain for history, unnecessary futurology and technophilia.
I prefer to think of myself as a nihilistic technofetishist.
(Name That Quote!)
--saint
As in James Ellroy? I gotta know.
Yes, as in James Ellroy. There's an edited version of an old interview with him in The Onion this week. Hunt through the archives for the original - it's a lot better.
--saint
Linux zealots, Open Source gurus, self-starters who are self motivating so I can just turn them loose...
...are actually off doing something interesting, rather than spending their time fucking about on Slashdot.
--saint