I use both Windows and Linux. I find that I end up using MSPaint for most of my image creation/editing needs. Why? Well, it seems that although I am comfortable in a CLI and with linux as a desktop, I have not yet grasped GIMP (or PS, for that matter). They seem to have too much going on for me. So I simly go back to the image editor that I am comfortable with. If gimp had a few more 'tutorials' to help me get comfortable with the tools, then I would probably go back to trying to learn it.
I am curious about scientific reports of Mars. I have heard and read that there was water on Mars, and that the chance for life having existed (or still) is very high. Yet, at the same time, I hear reports that these stories are simply fabricated to get more funding for deep space research.
Does anyone know with any certainty that what we are hearing is valid? And, for the record, I don't care if there was life on Mars, I think we should explore the planet, and fund these and other scientific ventures. One of man's strength is his curiousity and desire to explore.
It's entirely possible to install almost every version of Linux on one machine. New versions of LILO eliminate the 1,024th cylinder boundary, enabling you to use up to 160GB for Linux. However, I decided to stop at around 10 versions because any more seemed redundant.
Oh yeah, forgot about that small detail. I remember during the dot com boom, you could work oodles of hours and get OT. Now.....you are lucky to be working.
Well, lemme see.....added features, requiring more programmers, who need to work longer hours, which racks up overtime.....
Those seem to be just a few. Remember, in this market, demand drives the cost. If we decide we cannot afford the software, we will either stop using it for a cheaper alternative (see: linux as an OS and mozilla as a browser as examples), or pirate it (see: every user of Windows I know). If Microsoft does succeed in making it so we cannot pirate the software, I believe users will turn to the easier to use linux OS's and even lindows. This movement away from Microsoft will cause the prices of Windows, Office and such to go down.
So, until we start not purchasing software at said prices, the prices will remain high.
without compromising Apple's control over its hardware.
Apple can simply continue to only allow certain hardware to work with its OS. Just because they move to a new processor doesn't mean they can't continue to do what they have always done. If Motorola and IBM can't help Apple keep up in the Mhz wars (Ghz, now), then why not contimplate a move to Intel or AMD? Use one or the other, and continue on. This could lower prices a bit, and keep the Apple moto of "It just works" intact.
I mean, think about it, we have a president, who doesn't give a rats ass about anything except corporations and the military. Look at the economy, it has to be every one else's fault but the administration's. Yell at Congress to lower spending, so we can raise military spending, and then keep pointing to Iraq as doing what they do, drawing attention away from the economy and from Isreal basically doing what Bush moans that Iraq might do in the future. What utter nonsense! But we knew this would happen. With a pro-corp prez in place, MS would get off, and now it is being espoused by the government. Nice going, morons. We don't want to punish MS for being a monopoly, no, we want to have them continue to publish wonderless software, and we'll even use them!
If I could convince my gf and my ex (for the kids), I'd move to Canada already, or even Europe. Sure, freedoms and technology are not the same, but so what. These areas of the world are getting it (except Blair, what's he gonna get for his support?). Some Superpower....what's that saying? Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Thanks Bushki!
I prefer a red hat. I gives me the right to bash and kill as I please. Course then I must be the root of all evil. So, I must be in alliance with the black hatters.
I mean, I had broadband for years, but now, I am stuck on dial up (unless I want to use MSN, and I really don't want to do that to myself) while my girlfriend's parents have Cox Cable Internet.
We get calls from the all the time about 'how do I email someone an attachment.' and 'how do I go to that site again?' to an inumerable amount of questions on anything related to computers, phones, tvs, vcrs, dvds, faxes and what not. That they get a technology they have no need for blows my mind, and I sit in my office, with a few systems and a few OS's on puny dial up. It just sucks.
And yes, I could get another ISP for DSL, but I can't afford it right now.
I don't think they should have too, but think about this: The reason people use MS Exchange, is because it interoperates with MS Office, SQL Server and MS Windows seemlessly (I know I know, so they say).
If Open Source wants to continue to be seen as valid, then I think they should move in that direction. Don't force anyone, and don't prevent anyone from taking a different direction. Who knows, the Exchange Killer might start out as a simple stand alone app that Just Does The Job- and then someone adds on the components to make it play with everyone else.
"So, quick recap - that's Iran, Iraq, Enron, the Economy, and Daschle, and one of those Koreas. They all form a terrible Axis of Evil, standing in the way of all that we as Americans value.
And don't forget Bandwidth Thieves. The Bandwidth Thieves don't like me saying "Axis of Evil", so guess what? They're now a part of the very same Axis of Evil that they don't like me saying. How do you like them apples, Bandwidth Thieves? Next time, you keep your mouth shut. You mess with Texas, and it's straight to the Axis of Evil, got it?"
Sun is going into a market they have not been in before- that of the desktop. Corporate desktop. They are 'invading' microsoft's space. Microsoft Windows cannot scale to 64+ processors as Sun Solaris can. So, how can Sun be in MS's crosshairs when they are not even in the same part of the market. IBM and Sun fight it out, not MS and Sun.
Look, RedHat is right on this one. Finally, after years of frustration, someone might just drag linux kicking and screaming into the desktop market.
I swear, linux does not want to be mainstream. Sure, everyone talks about how they want their favorite OS to be taken seriously on the desktop, but no one wants to take the steps necessary to do it. I like choice, don't get me wrong. But most users do not give a shit about choice. They want AOL and MS Word. They want the start button. Fine, give them the start button, give them an MS Word clone. Let the world view linux with this perspective: a solid OS that 'just works' with a standard interface and standard applications that work as well as those on Windows. And for those who want to do more, we have other "versions" of the OS that allow other desktops, applications and such.
To sit here and rip them for 'taking away choice' is just ignorant and, well, stupid. Please, people. I like WindowMaker, but I also know what we need to make linux work outside of the server room and the geek's bedroom. Don't forget, programs like 'switchdesk' exist for a reason. Those who want to use it, and those who can use it, are not prohibited from it.
Bravo RedHat. Lead linux into battle for the server and desktop. Let everyone else follow. I need to get back to my kernel compile, now.:)
I mean, I do give out free software all the time. I believe in advancing any software any one wants. Well, I give it away for free, maybe it wasn't free to begin with but that is besides the point. This is about advancing free software. Anyone got a cd?
I lived in Albuquerque 10 years ago, and have been to this museum. If Taco took her there, then props to him for going to a cool place- and shame on him for not going somewhere cooler and more fun. shame shame shame...........instead of da' bomb, you are a goof!
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I downloaded it today (before this was posted) and ran it. Mozilla 1.1 that is. It wasn't slow, but it was ugly and didn't seem to want to render pages with any type of regularity.
So I tossed it off and went back to Opera. No fuss, no muss, no big issues. Opera just works. And when I get my home system back up and running, Linux will be running Opera as well.
I've used Mozilla off and on since M12 or something like that, and never liked how it felt or handled. Netscape 4.x was ok for me, but not Mozilla. But that's just one opinion on the land of trolls and thoughtful posters.
And I think this is a perfectly valid option. They could take a particular set of hardware, infuse their bios and other hardware signatures to that set of hardware, and simply start using Intel processors. Sun uses the PCI bus now in their hardware, but only supports a small amount of PCI hardware, certified by them. This is for the Sparc/Ultra systems.
In looking at the drawings of this project, I have to wonder how they will be able to hold back an entire sea. The pressure against those gates will be immense, and seeing as how they will be around 50 degrees in angle, how will they work long term? If they were to be lifted directly upwords at a perfect 90 degree angle, they would hold the water back....perhaps even turning them so that the angle is against the sea? This could let the waters help hold the gates up. I imagine they will fail ultimately. I see a time, however, when Venice will be one of the first cities that is 'lifted' and uses technology to hold it above the waters- instead of pushing the waters away.
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I use both Windows and Linux. I find that I end up using MSPaint for most of my image creation/editing needs. Why?
Well, it seems that although I am comfortable in a CLI and with linux as a desktop, I have not yet grasped GIMP (or PS, for that matter). They seem to have too much going on for me. So I simly go back to the image editor that I am comfortable with. If gimp had a few more 'tutorials' to help me get comfortable with the tools, then I would probably go back to trying to learn it.
I am curious about scientific reports of Mars. I have heard and read that there was water on Mars, and that the chance for life having existed (or still) is very high.
Yet, at the same time, I hear reports that these stories are simply fabricated to get more funding for deep space research.
Does anyone know with any certainty that what we are hearing is valid? And, for the record, I don't care if there was life on Mars, I think we should explore the planet, and fund these and other scientific ventures. One of man's strength is his curiousity and desire to explore.
um, what is your definition of redundant? Anyone?
Oh yeah, forgot about that small detail. I remember during the dot com boom, you could work oodles of hours and get OT. Now.....you are lucky to be working.
Well, lemme see.....added features, requiring more programmers, who need to work longer hours, which racks up overtime.....
Those seem to be just a few. Remember, in this market, demand drives the cost. If we decide we cannot afford the software, we will either stop using it for a cheaper alternative (see: linux as an OS and mozilla as a browser as examples), or pirate it (see: every user of Windows I know). If Microsoft does succeed in making it so we cannot pirate the software, I believe users will turn to the easier to use linux OS's and even lindows. This movement away from Microsoft will cause the prices of Windows, Office and such to go down.
So, until we start not purchasing software at said prices, the prices will remain high.
without compromising Apple's control over its hardware.
Apple can simply continue to only allow certain hardware to work with its OS. Just because they move to a new processor doesn't mean they can't continue to do what they have always done. If Motorola and IBM can't help Apple keep up in the Mhz wars (Ghz, now), then why not contimplate a move to Intel or AMD? Use one or the other, and continue on. This could lower prices a bit, and keep the Apple moto of "It just works" intact.
I mean, think about it, we have a president, who doesn't give a rats ass about anything except corporations and the military. Look at the economy, it has to be every one else's fault but the administration's. Yell at Congress to lower spending, so we can raise military spending, and then keep pointing to Iraq as doing what they do, drawing attention away from the economy and from Isreal basically doing what Bush moans that Iraq might do in the future. What utter nonsense!
But we knew this would happen. With a pro-corp prez in place, MS would get off, and now it is being espoused by the government. Nice going, morons. We don't want to punish MS for being a monopoly, no, we want to have them continue to publish wonderless software, and we'll even use them!
If I could convince my gf and my ex (for the kids), I'd move to Canada already, or even Europe. Sure, freedoms and technology are not the same, but so what. These areas of the world are getting it (except Blair, what's he gonna get for his support?). Some Superpower....what's that saying? Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Thanks Bushki!
I prefer a red hat. I gives me the right to bash and kill as I please. Course then I must be the root of all evil. So, I must be in alliance with the black hatters.
I mean, I had broadband for years, but now, I am stuck on dial up (unless I want to use MSN, and I really don't want to do that to myself) while my girlfriend's parents have Cox Cable Internet.
We get calls from the all the time about 'how do I email someone an attachment.' and 'how do I go to that site again?' to an inumerable amount of questions on anything related to computers, phones, tvs, vcrs, dvds, faxes and what not. That they get a technology they have no need for blows my mind, and I sit in my office, with a few systems and a few OS's on puny dial up. It just sucks.
And yes, I could get another ISP for DSL, but I can't afford it right now.
Damn.
I don't think they should have too, but think about this: The reason people use MS Exchange, is because it interoperates with MS Office, SQL Server and MS Windows seemlessly (I know I know, so they say).
If Open Source wants to continue to be seen as valid, then I think they should move in that direction. Don't force anyone, and don't prevent anyone from taking a different direction. Who knows, the Exchange Killer might start out as a simple stand alone app that Just Does The Job- and then someone adds on the components to make it play with everyone else.
I soiled my armor I was so scared......
You call it dirt, I call it bugs. Whatever. If they can do that, then I might just have to reinstall when the next version comes out!
"So, quick recap - that's Iran, Iraq, Enron, the Economy, and Daschle, and one of those Koreas. They all form a terrible Axis of Evil, standing in the way of all that we as Americans value.
And don't forget Bandwidth Thieves. The Bandwidth Thieves don't like me saying "Axis of Evil", so guess what? They're now a part of the very same Axis of Evil that they don't like me saying. How do you like them apples, Bandwidth Thieves? Next time, you keep your mouth shut. You mess with Texas, and it's straight to the Axis of Evil, got it?"
Sun is going into a market they have not been in before- that of the desktop. Corporate desktop. They are 'invading' microsoft's space. Microsoft Windows cannot scale to 64+ processors as Sun Solaris can. So, how can Sun be in MS's crosshairs when they are not even in the same part of the market. IBM and Sun fight it out, not MS and Sun.
-sigh-
:)
Look, RedHat is right on this one. Finally, after years of frustration, someone might just drag linux kicking and screaming into the desktop market.
I swear, linux does not want to be mainstream. Sure, everyone talks about how they want their favorite OS to be taken seriously on the desktop, but no one wants to take the steps necessary to do it. I like choice, don't get me wrong. But most users do not give a shit about choice. They want AOL and MS Word. They want the start button. Fine, give them the start button, give them an MS Word clone. Let the world view linux with this perspective: a solid OS that 'just works' with a standard interface and standard applications that work as well as those on Windows. And for those who want to do more, we have other "versions" of the OS that allow other desktops, applications and such.
To sit here and rip them for 'taking away choice' is just ignorant and, well, stupid. Please, people. I like WindowMaker, but I also know what we need to make linux work outside of the server room and the geek's bedroom. Don't forget, programs like 'switchdesk' exist for a reason. Those who want to use it, and those who can use it, are not prohibited from it.
Bravo RedHat. Lead linux into battle for the server and desktop. Let everyone else follow. I need to get back to my kernel compile, now.
ALL sales guys are your best friend. Trust me......hey, wanna buy a watch?
maybe I am.....maybe I am.......
I keep my server in the bomb shelter underneath my house with the fireproof doors shut.
Yeah, that's where I kept my porn collection too, when I lived at home.
I mean, I do give out free software all the time. I believe in advancing any software any one wants. Well, I give it away for free, maybe it wasn't free to begin with but that is besides the point. This is about advancing free software. Anyone got a cd?
I downloaded it today (before this was posted) and ran it. Mozilla 1.1 that is. It wasn't slow, but it was ugly and didn't seem to want to render pages with any type of regularity.
So I tossed it off and went back to Opera. No fuss, no muss, no big issues. Opera just works. And when I get my home system back up and running, Linux will be running Opera as well.
I've used Mozilla off and on since M12 or something like that, and never liked how it felt or handled. Netscape 4.x was ok for me, but not Mozilla. But that's just one opinion on the land of trolls and thoughtful posters.
Um, hello, can you please go to this site and tell me that you still believe you are the 'only one' out there?
Fertility gods before Judaism and xtianity"
And I think this is a perfectly valid option. They could take a particular set of hardware, infuse their bios and other hardware signatures to that set of hardware, and simply start using Intel processors. Sun uses the PCI bus now in their hardware, but only supports a small amount of PCI hardware, certified by them. This is for the Sparc/Ultra systems.
I'd been looking to find out how to change the pop up options....awesome! thanks!
In looking at the drawings of this project, I have to wonder how they will be able to hold back an entire sea. The pressure against those gates will be immense, and seeing as how they will be around 50 degrees in angle, how will they work long term? If they were to be lifted directly upwords at a perfect 90 degree angle, they would hold the water back....perhaps even turning them so that the angle is against the sea? This could let the waters help hold the gates up.
I imagine they will fail ultimately. I see a time, however, when Venice will be one of the first cities that is 'lifted' and uses technology to hold it above the waters- instead of pushing the waters away.