Let me preface this by saying I do not use *nix as a desktop OS. I run FreeBSD on my router-box, I don't want my router looking pretty... I want it to be secure.
But for those who do run *nix as a desktop OS, there are so many alternative interfaces (how many themes for Enlightenment are there?) that completely blow XP out of the water, I cannot imagine where this deep desire for an XP clone comes from.
Considering most people who chosse *nix as their desktop OS are those that want an extremely customizable experience, I just don't see this getting a tremendous amount of love... but as other posters have pointed out, probably a fair amount of legal trouble.
I'm confussed, are you anti-american or anti-american tax money going to research?
This reads like one of the many trolls here, and I'll hand it to ya, it's so well written even I'm responding. Let me go through point by point, this I'm sure we'll both enjoy.
1) $5,100,000 is chump change for R&D. When you get out into the real world you will be amazed how much money is getting thrown around to study the amount of time it takes for Ketchup to be poured out of a bottle. (I'm not making this up, there really was a federal grant provided to a research project like this.)
2) This is just insane. If you hate americans, why don't you want us killing ourselves with our personal aircrafts? You know I bet the % of american auto acidents in personal vechicles vs commercial/public transportation is about 90% to. Doesn't mean we're not going to drive to work tommarow. You give us personal helicopters and we'll be flying them drunk, I assure you. We got places to go people to see and your % doesn't mean a good goddamn to the impressive profit you'd see selling a personal aircraft like this. But wait, I know... that's just the evil american capitalist in me. Argh I am such a friggen infadel! Would someone blow me up already?
3) This is also insane, wtf was I thinking when I called this well written. Nevermind, I must have been looking at something else entirely. This 3rd argument makes it pretty obvious you didn't even read the story and are making shit up as you go.
Pick your favorite, Steven King/Hawking Dead at 55, or the ever present "Fucking Americans all you care about is __________ when there are people starving in the world!". Personally I like the trolls that argue over which one Steven should be trolled about being dead.(common trolls where's your solidarity?)
Showing support for one's favorite show (not mine, Farscape hurts my eyes) serves mearly to make a stand.
Showing support or opposition to political issues requires advocacy. A bunch of geeks saying "I am not a terrorist." doesn't help. Noone becomes aware of the issues involved.
Look at Political Ads, they never tell you wtf the issues are, aside from showing support for the top 5 focus-tested party lines. In order to raise awareness and enlighten the nearly comatose masses you would need alot more than 30 seconds.
Now let's say you ran a 3 min nationwide spot on Survivor (the total cost of which would probably require every/.ers salary for 4 months) and you make a solid presentation of the facts. The facts don't mean jack shit to most americans because they identify with being "Democrat" or "Republican" and will simply dismiss anything that doesn't appeal to them as "pinko hippy nonsense".
I wish there was a way to stop this, but there isn't. Every day we sink deeper. I just hope I can get a job over seas before they build the wall.
Look I love FreeBSD, don't get me wrong. My server runs FreeBSD, my router box runs FreeBSD... but my desktop machine is running Windows 2000.
For me Windows 2000 is just like Linux, except it runs desktop apps which is a nice bonus for a desktop OS. It's not the interface, believe me (I refused to go to Windows 95 for the longest time because of my preference towards CLI). It's just the simple fact that there are so many more exciting apps for Windows.
Whenever there is a neat new technology out it always comes out for Windows first, then *nix, then Mac. (Recent Examples: P2P, PAR, Bottler, etc.) As a fan of technology I want to run the technology as soon as I can download it... not wait for a port! Sure there are ports for nearly every P2P protocol out for NIX, and there are PAR clients, and yes there's even Buttler... but these versions are always months behind in development compared to their Windows counterparts.
Going hand in hand with technology is, of course, games. One can only play so much Tux Racer before going back to Windows for Mafia or the latest Half-Life/Quake Mod.
God hates Hairy Potter fans now? WTF? Dude this god fellow needs to lighten up and relax. What's he getting all pissy about everything for? If he's going to get all worked up about everything, maybe he ought not have made it to begin with.
Let's check the score board... So far god hates: jews, women, homosexuals, anyone with a tan slightly darker than anglos, and now Hairy Potter Fans.
It's time we ask ourselves does god like anyone? Are you even sure he likes you?
I can't believe how fast this technology just keeps advancing. I am so glad to be alive in this day and age, instead of 200 years in either direction. Just think about it for a second, if you were alive in 1802 you'd be getting some amazing technological advances at a rate of... well pretty slow. And in 2202 we'd just be used to it all, and completely unphased. (i.e. How excited does turning your light bulb on make you today?)
I can't wait to get my hands on one of these new toys!
Like many/.ers I like to save money by putting together my own machines. Unfortunatly we do not get the benifits of extended warranties you find with Dell, Gateway, etc... This is why I highly recommend you purchase your parts from people who have been in business for a while and offer considerable warranties. Not some gimp who just put up a website and will be out of business next week. And be sure to SAVE your warranty cards!
That is of course unless you do something to void your warranty... But for the rest of us, this should be a good reminder of why warranties on pc parts are really important.
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I seriously cannot believe anyone here modded this nonsense up. It's a decent troll, I'll give ya that... but it's not a very convincing one and has several blatent contradictions.
Your assertions that '"extreme" case mods are just a waste of parts that flaunts the money that these spoiled kids burn' is completely off base and not even worth touching on, anyone who knows a casemodder will tell you this picture you're trying to draw is false.
Your "vast left wing conspiracy" is quite confussed, and leads to some pretty concerning questions about your sanity and maturity. I am trying to think of any alternative explinations, but none come to mind... Let me see if I've got this straight.
Let's say I'm a socialist (as left as it gets) and pay 50% of my earnings in taxes so that government social programs can flurish and no man, woman, or child goes hungry or homeless (See Also: Sweden) it is selfish of me to spend $500 of my remaining income however I chose instead of feeding the hungry.... how?
Your whole premise is lacking a clue, and if you really want to find a reason to spread this politically motivated hate you're going to need to aspire towards some sort of education.
I am truly left to wonder how this got modded up, probably by yourself on multiple/. accounts.
Is it a repost of old news or new news? I can never tell... all this fuel-cell vapor we've been getting for the last several years has me blind.
They all say the same thing:
Scientists in [Japan, America, Europe] have developed a portable prototype fuel-cell that will come to market in [2, 5, 10] years.
Well we've been getting this for 5-10 years now, so we can stop calling it "News".
I don't want to see another one of these stories unless it says:
Scientists in [Japan, America, Europe] have developed a portable fuel-cell that you can buy right now.
If I get any more fuel cell vapor in my eyes I'll begin to suffer the effects of methanol poisoning.
Yea... only way I was getting stern before was on pirated ShoutCAST's... but Infinity asked their good buddies at AOL to put an end to that real quick.
Way to go hot shot. It's bas enough the first poster names names.... it's doubly so with your link that even gives up Check Point. CP is closed for good now thanks to TTOL and people like you posting this crap to the public.
You know TTOL was the ham that ZDTV busted live on TV 2 years ago for putting C&C 2: Tiberian sun up on an HTTP? Yea good company you keep buddy.
Don't post private information to public web sites. What possible use does this info have to joe leecher? CP will be sorely missed, as a seconday casualty to this national tragedy.
I completely agree. I can't see myself investing in an XR or SR tuner when I have already put money into my car mp3 player. Especially when my car Mp3 player can do so much more than either of them can... such as playing pirated audiobooks. In my experience no long comute is complete without an audiobook to take you along on your journey.
Plus my mp3 collection has gotten larger than most radio station archieve's... so I'm not exactly hurting for new musical content.
The killer app of satalite is more apt to be something we can't already get. Such as Howard Stern live (or delayed for the west coast). You can grab it off the newsgroups a day late... but it's not the same thing as listening to it live. And considering how limited his and other radio personalities' markets are, satalite could bring them into alot more homes/cars.
I've been doing alot of traveling in new england lately, and haven't been able to hear howard since I left NYC. I would be more than happy to pay $10-20/mo to get Howard and other original content anywhere I go. But not just for music... you can find music everywhere you go in North America already.
Hmmm... I thought we were all pretty much in agreement not to give the RIAA and MPAA any more money untill they learn to play nicely with others. I haven't given them a dime in 2 years thanks to Mp3s and VCDs...
I sure hope none of you go to see either of these films, when you can watch them in the comfort of your own home theater, for the price of a couple blank CDs.
Financial Institutions (in my experience) have been implementing 'lock-downs' like this for years for security reasons.
When developers need to install/upgrade/whatever something they need to clear it with his or her suprivisor. This is usually as simple as: "Hey Bob, I need to install Blah v5.1" And Bob says "Sure thing".
Perhaps this could bring about inefficiencies if it is inconvienient to speak with your department head, or gain permission. But if this is the case you are probably already working in a horribly inefficient environment, so what is a few more hours?
This is not exactly ensuring a bright and prosperous future. I've been working my ass off for the last month... yet all I have is exactly $4 in my bank account. I need to buy food today on $4.
Frankly I'm at the point where I want to take up the trade of gang banging to get the money that's owed to me!
You dumped a 486? Give me your geek license right now. You, my friend, are no geek.
I've got hardware as old as me, and no closet space. I will probably never find a use for half of it... but on the off chance that I do, it is there.
Unlike most folks here who can hack their kernel in their sleep, I am a neophyte linux user and still managed to find good uses for my old 486 (presently working as a router and mail server at a non-profit.org in my neighborhood).
I am really amazed by these rulings. I was beginning to think ICANN was getting paid under the table with the amount of.coms they keep handing over to companies.
A friend of mine has a popular-candy-name.org (not posted so as not to draw attention) that he is using for an IRC server, and has so far never had and problems... but I've often wondered if popular-candy-company would come along and snatch a.org... seeing as how an IRC server can hardly be misleading clients, or damaging a trademark.
Since Romeo Maggi's defense of Maggi.com for individual use and email seemed to fly, I wonder if an IRC server under a.org would also qualify.
I could be defined as "quirky" in that I am not conventional... at all. But I get the job done, and do it better than most, so there is alot of tolerance for me.
Think about it from a hiring manager's point of view, you have 2 candidates with strong backgrounds in their field and a proven track record... but one is a straight laced drone and the other is a consumate class clown. Who is going to fit better in your enviroment? For some people the more conservative candidate will fit in, and for others a loose cannon is an accet more than a liability.
Some people want people to just produce, others want people to think outside the box and challange everything... including their supervisor's patience.
I can't believe how many people are rushing to post speculations without reading the articles. Posting without reading the articles is like a first post, useless to the discussion.
This is more than just a power play to be the arcade hardward source (despite the speculations of some people here, Sega has been doing pretty good in the arcades) this is also a good oportunity for Sega franchises to continue on a new platform. Think about the first time you saw Sonic? Everyone instantly fell in love with him. For those of you that play imports, Sakura Taisen probably holds a special place in your heart. Phantasy Star, admitadly a knock-off on Final Fantasy, is hugely popular. While some people are questioning this move, I think this is Sega playing to it's strenghts.
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Let me preface this by saying I do not use *nix as a desktop OS. I run FreeBSD on my router-box, I don't want my router looking pretty... I want it to be secure.
But for those who do run *nix as a desktop OS, there are so many alternative interfaces (how many themes for Enlightenment are there?) that completely blow XP out of the water, I cannot imagine where this deep desire for an XP clone comes from.
Considering most people who chosse *nix as their desktop OS are those that want an extremely customizable experience, I just don't see this getting a tremendous amount of love... but as other posters have pointed out, probably a fair amount of legal trouble.
I'm confussed, are you anti-american or anti-american tax money going to research?
This reads like one of the many trolls here, and I'll hand it to ya, it's so well written even I'm responding. Let me go through point by point, this I'm sure we'll both enjoy.
1) $5,100,000 is chump change for R&D. When you get out into the real world you will be amazed how much money is getting thrown around to study the amount of time it takes for Ketchup to be poured out of a bottle. (I'm not making this up, there really was a federal grant provided to a research project like this.)
2) This is just insane. If you hate americans, why don't you want us killing ourselves with our personal aircrafts? You know I bet the % of american auto acidents in personal vechicles vs commercial/public transportation is about 90% to. Doesn't mean we're not going to drive to work tommarow. You give us personal helicopters and we'll be flying them drunk, I assure you. We got places to go people to see and your % doesn't mean a good goddamn to the impressive profit you'd see selling a personal aircraft like this.
But wait, I know... that's just the evil american capitalist in me. Argh I am such a friggen infadel! Would someone blow me up already?
3) This is also insane, wtf was I thinking when I called this well written. Nevermind, I must have been looking at something else entirely. This 3rd argument makes it pretty obvious you didn't even read the story and are making shit up as you go.
Pick your favorite, Steven King/Hawking Dead at 55, or the ever present "Fucking Americans all you care about is __________ when there are people starving in the world!". Personally I like the trolls that argue over which one Steven should be trolled about being dead.(common trolls where's your solidarity?)
I anal, but not with mice... gerbils are favorite, wtf is Timothy thinking?
Takes all kinds I guess.
Showing support for one's favorite show (not mine, Farscape hurts my eyes) serves mearly to make a stand.
/.ers salary for 4 months) and you make a solid presentation of the facts. The facts don't mean jack shit to most americans because they identify with being "Democrat" or "Republican" and will simply dismiss anything that doesn't appeal to them as "pinko hippy nonsense".
Showing support or opposition to political issues requires advocacy. A bunch of geeks saying "I am not a terrorist." doesn't help. Noone becomes aware of the issues involved.
Look at Political Ads, they never tell you wtf the issues are, aside from showing support for the top 5 focus-tested party lines. In order to raise awareness and enlighten the nearly comatose masses you would need alot more than 30 seconds.
Now let's say you ran a 3 min nationwide spot on Survivor (the total cost of which would probably require every
I wish there was a way to stop this, but there isn't. Every day we sink deeper. I just hope I can get a job over seas before they build the wall.
Look I love FreeBSD, don't get me wrong. My server runs FreeBSD, my router box runs FreeBSD... but my desktop machine is running Windows 2000.
For me Windows 2000 is just like Linux, except it runs desktop apps which is a nice bonus for a desktop OS. It's not the interface, believe me (I refused to go to Windows 95 for the longest time because of my preference towards CLI). It's just the simple fact that there are so many more exciting apps for Windows.
Whenever there is a neat new technology out it always comes out for Windows first, then *nix, then Mac. (Recent Examples: P2P, PAR, Bottler, etc.) As a fan of technology I want to run the technology as soon as I can download it... not wait for a port! Sure there are ports for nearly every P2P protocol out for NIX, and there are PAR clients, and yes there's even Buttler... but these versions are always months behind in development compared to their Windows counterparts.
Going hand in hand with technology is, of course, games. One can only play so much Tux Racer before going back to Windows for Mafia or the latest Half-Life/Quake Mod.
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God hates Hairy Potter fans now? WTF? Dude this god fellow needs to lighten up and relax. What's he getting all pissy about everything for? If he's going to get all worked up about everything, maybe he ought not have made it to begin with.
Let's check the score board... So far god hates:
jews, women, homosexuals, anyone with a tan slightly darker than anglos, and now Hairy Potter Fans.
It's time we ask ourselves does god like anyone? Are you even sure he likes you?
I can't believe how fast this technology just keeps advancing. I am so glad to be alive in this day and age, instead of 200 years in either direction. Just think about it for a second, if you were alive in 1802 you'd be getting some amazing technological advances at a rate of ... well pretty slow. And in 2202 we'd just be used to it all, and completely unphased. (i.e. How excited does turning your light bulb on make you today?)
I can't wait to get my hands on one of these new toys!
Like many /.ers I like to save money by putting together my own machines. Unfortunatly we do not get the benifits of extended warranties you find with Dell, Gateway, etc... This is why I highly recommend you purchase your parts from people who have been in business for a while and offer considerable warranties. Not some gimp who just put up a website and will be out of business next week. And be sure to SAVE your warranty cards!
That is of course unless you do something to void your warranty... But for the rest of us, this should be a good reminder of why warranties on pc parts are really important.
I seriously cannot believe anyone here modded this nonsense up. It's a decent troll, I'll give ya that... but it's not a very convincing one and has several blatent contradictions.
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Your assertions that '"extreme" case mods are just a waste of parts that flaunts the money that these spoiled kids burn' is completely off base and not even worth touching on, anyone who knows a casemodder will tell you this picture you're trying to draw is false.
Your "vast left wing conspiracy" is quite confussed, and leads to some pretty concerning questions about your sanity and maturity. I am trying to think of any alternative explinations, but none come to mind... Let me see if I've got this straight.
Let's say I'm a socialist (as left as it gets) and pay 50% of my earnings in taxes so that government social programs can flurish and no man, woman, or child goes hungry or homeless (See Also: Sweden) it is selfish of me to spend $500 of my remaining income however I chose instead of feeding the hungry.... how?
Your whole premise is lacking a clue, and if you really want to find a reason to spread this politically motivated hate you're going to need to aspire towards some sort of education.
I am truly left to wonder how this got modded up, probably by yourself on multiple
Is it a repost of old news or new news? I can never tell... all this fuel-cell vapor we've been getting for the last several years has me blind.
They all say the same thing:
Scientists in [Japan, America, Europe] have developed a portable prototype fuel-cell that will come to market in [2, 5, 10] years.
Well we've been getting this for 5-10 years now, so we can stop calling it "News".
I don't want to see another one of these stories unless it says:
Scientists in [Japan, America, Europe] have developed a portable fuel-cell that you can buy right now.
If I get any more fuel cell vapor in my eyes I'll begin to suffer the effects of methanol poisoning.
Yea... only way I was getting stern before was on pirated ShoutCAST's ... but Infinity asked their good buddies at AOL to put an end to that real quick.
Nah if they wanted high profile and old then they would have tagged Razor or Rebels. Two of the oldest groups in the scene.
If they wanted high profile and popular with the kiddies they would have hit Farilight.
This DeCSS conspiracy makes a great deal of sense. Dezzy coded the DOD DVD Speed Ripper... and he was one of the guys the FBI named immediatly.
Way to go hot shot. It's bas enough the first poster names names.... it's doubly so with your link that even gives up Check Point. CP is closed for good now thanks to TTOL and people like you posting this crap to the public.
You know TTOL was the ham that ZDTV busted live on TV 2 years ago for putting C&C 2: Tiberian sun up on an HTTP? Yea good company you keep buddy.
Don't post private information to public web sites. What possible use does this info have to joe leecher? CP will be sorely missed, as a seconday casualty to this national tragedy.
I completely agree. I can't see myself investing in an XR or SR tuner when I have already put money into my car mp3 player. Especially when my car Mp3 player can do so much more than either of them can... such as playing pirated audiobooks. In my experience no long comute is complete without an audiobook to take you along on your journey.
Plus my mp3 collection has gotten larger than most radio station archieve's... so I'm not exactly hurting for new musical content.
The killer app of satalite is more apt to be something we can't already get. Such as Howard Stern live (or delayed for the west coast). You can grab it off the newsgroups a day late... but it's not the same thing as listening to it live. And considering how limited his and other radio personalities' markets are, satalite could bring them into alot more homes/cars.
I've been doing alot of traveling in new england lately, and haven't been able to hear howard since I left NYC. I would be more than happy to pay $10-20/mo to get Howard and other original content anywhere I go. But not just for music... you can find music everywhere you go in North America already.
Some of us are simply too moraly inclinded to contribute to the MPAA.
As of November, I have gone 4 years without giving a dime to the MPAA or the RIAA. If everyone could say the same the world might be a better place...
I dunno what everyone is expecting here... but there has been alot of on-line government resources for a long time now.
Consider: St. Paul.gov where you can view this week's prostitution arrests in the city of St. Paul.
What more do you REALLY want from your government than a good laugh?
Do you not own a watch? Here's the Time? Obviously your government is looking after you, considering your every possible need.
As far as I'm concerned these guys need to waste less money on this crap when there are former-tax-payers starving in the streets right now.
Hmmm... I thought we were all pretty much in agreement not to give the RIAA and MPAA any more money untill they learn to play nicely with others. I haven't given them a dime in 2 years thanks to Mp3s and VCDs...
I sure hope none of you go to see either of these films, when you can watch them in the comfort of your own home theater, for the price of a couple blank CDs.
Financial Institutions (in my experience) have been implementing 'lock-downs' like this for years for security reasons.
When developers need to install/upgrade/whatever something they need to clear it with his or her suprivisor. This is usually as simple as: "Hey Bob, I need to install Blah v5.1" And Bob says "Sure thing".
Perhaps this could bring about inefficiencies if it is inconvienient to speak with your department head, or gain permission. But if this is the case you are probably already working in a horribly inefficient environment, so what is a few more hours?
This is not exactly ensuring a bright and prosperous future. I've been working my ass off for the last month... yet all I have is exactly $4 in my bank account. I need to buy food today on $4.
Frankly I'm at the point where I want to take up the trade of gang banging to get the money that's owed to me!
You dumped a 486? Give me your geek license right now. You, my friend, are no geek.
.org in my neighborhood).
I've got hardware as old as me, and no closet space. I will probably never find a use for half of it... but on the off chance that I do, it is there.
Unlike most folks here who can hack their kernel in their sleep, I am a neophyte linux user and still managed to find good uses for my old 486 (presently working as a router and mail server at a non-profit
I am really amazed by these rulings. I was beginning to think ICANN was getting paid under the table with the amount of .coms they keep handing over to companies.
.org ... seeing as how an IRC server can hardly be misleading clients, or damaging a trademark.
.org would also qualify.
A friend of mine has a popular-candy-name.org (not posted so as not to draw attention) that he is using for an IRC server, and has so far never had and problems... but I've often wondered if popular-candy-company would come along and snatch a
Since Romeo Maggi's defense of Maggi.com for individual use and email seemed to fly, I wonder if an IRC server under a
"No compensation except your name in lights, and the knowledge that lynx users everywhere appreciate your efforts."
Well tell both of those two remaining lynx users to get with the program and install IE.
I sware to christ, if this is the best use of your time for a saturday afternoon nowonder Linux development is stagnating...
I could be defined as "quirky" in that I am not conventional... at all. But I get the job done, and do it better than most, so there is alot of tolerance for me.
Think about it from a hiring manager's point of view, you have 2 candidates with strong backgrounds in their field and a proven track record... but one is a straight laced drone and the other is a consumate class clown. Who is going to fit better in your enviroment? For some people the more conservative candidate will fit in, and for others a loose cannon is an accet more than a liability.
Some people want people to just produce, others want people to think outside the box and challange everything... including their supervisor's patience.
I can't believe how many people are rushing to post speculations without reading the articles. Posting without reading the articles is like a first post, useless to the discussion.
This is more than just a power play to be the arcade hardward source (despite the speculations of some people here, Sega has been doing pretty good in the arcades) this is also a good oportunity for Sega franchises to continue on a new platform. Think about the first time you saw Sonic? Everyone instantly fell in love with him. For those of you that play imports, Sakura Taisen probably holds a special place in your heart. Phantasy Star, admitadly a knock-off on Final Fantasy, is hugely popular. While some people are questioning this move, I think this is Sega playing to it's strenghts.