It isn't our fault we started killing all these animals. I mean 4 millions years ago we were happy starving, surviving day to day. And then one day a weird black rectangle appeared in our cave entrance, and taught us to eat meat and beat the shit out of each other. We weren't smart enough to get the fact that we would have been better off starving, and being prey to the cheetah.
Blame it on those damn monoliths. They did it!
So, I'm being led to believe that Jon "Stories from the hellmouth part 13" Katz has a brother?
Jamie Katz? Sounds like a bad dream. They're starting to grow on trees.
I hereby declare Scientologists illegal in common sense land.
I declare myself an enemy to those stupid money hording asswipes who Hubbard describes as spirit slaves needed to donate more money to pervert the cause of liberty and freedom.
This is exactly how it should be. Not all companies are going to port their games to linux (blizzard, MS). But some are now, and we will probably see more later. Running native is always faster than running on top of layers (careful, don't use the word 'emulate'). We must continue to support Loki and others in this regard-- to have more games run natively.
Also, continue to improve wineX and other MS layers for linux. This allows the other games to be 'ported' without having to change the binaries or code to the OS. Plus, this allows less people to require a dual boot machine so they can play their games.
The right tool for the right situation! Ported for those that will/can, and emulation (sorry) for those who can't/won't *cough*M$*cough*
We need more spamless porn sites out there. I hate having to tell my boss how to close all those windows that keep popping up on him while he's "checking stocks."
Uhm, isn't this version 5? It shouldn't take 10 versions of a software to get it right, does it? Or maybe we are talking about MS here, and that changes the rules. I am actually impressed that MS is pushing the patch for this like they are.
Give them props for doing what we always slam them for not doing-- responding quickly to a large exploit.
Though it does nothing for all the other exploits for win NT/2k out there.....
Hint: It ain't the guys with the good support or the best price. It's the guys with the big ad budget.
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And this is why we have shitty software, OS's, hardware and tech support. MS pushed themselves all over the place-- just look at those adds of those servers running "24 hours a day, 7 days a week with no downtime". They don't run that way, but hey, tell a few lies, and people will buy your shit hook line and sinker.
Society in America is about 'keeping up with the jones's'. I hear of success of other OS's in other countries, probably because they are more concerned about getting the most for the best price.
You would think, that with up and coming OS's like linux, *bsd, QNX, OSX and others (BeOS, AtheOS), that MS would start thinking about retaining customers, not out and out forcing them to the conclusion that they have no control over what they are purchasing.
I hope this causes the backlash that everyone has been waiting for. But it probably won't. It will either become unpopular enough for MS to stop the program, or else they will convince those convinced otherwise that they should 'come back to the light' and use MS products.
I do think, however, that the rift between those who like MS products and those who don't, will widen. And the 'OS war' will be carried from the server room and desktop to the manager's and cio's offices.
While this is definately a great selling point to PHBs out there who know next to nothing about computers and what it takes to run a good server environment, I doubt it will be nothing more than a system that emails someone when a component fails.
What will the future hold for IT pros? Are we to be relegated to the same status as an assembly line worker? We are required to know a shit load of info- learning at work and on our own time to keep up with current technologies, bugs, security issues, etc, etc, etc- yet PHBs don't want to pay us like they would for an attorney, or engineer.
I just hope that IBMs best is only good enough for everyone to realize that you can't replace a skilled IT pro for a stupid box that can't even get past a 'non system disk error'.
And msn is awful. I just spent an hour fighting with hotmail trying to send an attachement for my wife. I never have problems with email. until now.
And whey I used qwest, i had outages once every other month for like a day. I don't see MS making the service any better.
Also, another reason for this 'ban', is because of the religious hold on this nation. If we successfully clone someone, and that clone shows that it can think and act for itself (which it will be able to do), then those religious zealots wouldn't have a leg to stand on.
No, the protests did do some good things. I believe the Civil Rights Acts were the result of protests by Civil Rights Activists and organized protests.
I saw that RH had the nvidia drivers included with there release. Are the nvidia drivers included with Mandrake 8.0? Those of us with this chip set really would like to have support for these cards out of the box.
And here's why. I think Mandrake is THE future desktop distro. If and when they put apt for RPM into the distro, I think they will be the best out there. Making the installer better will give this distro that much easier for new users to move to linux.
Whether I use it or not, it doesn't matter, Mandrake needs to be as easy to get going as possible. Slap apt for RPM on it, and it might be able to go head to head with Debian.
RedHat is simply seen as a server distro. SysAdmin's are dead heads who need something to do while installing the OS.
Suse is actually getting better.
Progeny would be the other distro to consider. But let's wait and see if it catches on. If it does, then progeny would win the award of your talent.
Don't touch Debian, those guys'll reject it in a flash. They like pain- its manly.:)
This guy should write for slashdot! He reminds me of Katz. I was laughing my ass off reading this. Some people will go to any lengths when thinking of conspiracy theories.
Oh, and you know what else? Linus' father helped VP Lyndon Johnson assasinate John F Kennedy. It was an attempt to highten the Vietnam war, so that many of our men would die and allow the Soviets to conquer us that much easier.
Ok boys, we're gonna hit em hard and hit em fast. Everyone point a browser window to the site and slam them into submission. I call it Operation Slashdotted.
Make em think twice about running windows on the server side. Make em realize that we aren't going to take it. Give 'em hell!
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It isn't our fault we started killing all these animals. I mean 4 millions years ago we were happy starving, surviving day to day. And then one day a weird black rectangle appeared in our cave entrance, and taught us to eat meat and beat the shit out of each other. We weren't smart enough to get the fact that we would have been better off starving, and being prey to the cheetah. Blame it on those damn monoliths. They did it!
I declare myself an enemy to those stupid money hording asswipes who Hubbard describes as spirit slaves needed to donate more money to pervert the cause of liberty and freedom.
Also, continue to improve wineX and other MS layers for linux. This allows the other games to be 'ported' without having to change the binaries or code to the OS. Plus, this allows less people to require a dual boot machine so they can play their games.
The right tool for the right situation! Ported for those that will/can, and emulation (sorry) for those who can't/won't *cough*M$*cough*
And I thought my car ran on shit now.
Give them props for doing what we always slam them for not doing-- responding quickly to a large exploit.
Though it does nothing for all the other exploits for win NT/2k out there.....
Right, just as we all know Hitler was pro jewish.
Hint: It ain't the guys with the good support or the best price. It's the guys with the big ad budget.
mod this guy up
And this is why we have shitty software, OS's, hardware and tech support. MS pushed themselves all over the place-- just look at those adds of those servers running "24 hours a day, 7 days a week with no downtime". They don't run that way, but hey, tell a few lies, and people will buy your shit hook line and sinker.
Society in America is about 'keeping up with the jones's'. I hear of success of other OS's in other countries, probably because they are more concerned about getting the most for the best price.
I hope this causes the backlash that everyone has been waiting for. But it probably won't. It will either become unpopular enough for MS to stop the program, or else they will convince those convinced otherwise that they should 'come back to the light' and use MS products.
I do think, however, that the rift between those who like MS products and those who don't, will widen. And the 'OS war' will be carried from the server room and desktop to the manager's and cio's offices.
But this is a good thing, no?
What will the future hold for IT pros? Are we to be relegated to the same status as an assembly line worker? We are required to know a shit load of info- learning at work and on our own time to keep up with current technologies, bugs, security issues, etc, etc, etc- yet PHBs don't want to pay us like they would for an attorney, or engineer.
I just hope that IBMs best is only good enough for everyone to realize that you can't replace a skilled IT pro for a stupid box that can't even get past a 'non system disk error'.
And msn is awful. I just spent an hour fighting with hotmail trying to send an attachement for my wife. I never have problems with email. until now. And whey I used qwest, i had outages once every other month for like a day. I don't see MS making the service any better.
No, the protests did do some good things. I believe the Civil Rights Acts were the result of protests by Civil Rights Activists and organized protests.
Someone? Anyone?
I thought Slashdot didn't start until 1998?
Good show old man.
How do I trigger this, and what version of Word do I need?
And here's why. I think Mandrake is THE future desktop distro. If and when they put apt for RPM into the distro, I think they will be the best out there. Making the installer better will give this distro that much easier for new users to move to linux.
:)
Whether I use it or not, it doesn't matter, Mandrake needs to be as easy to get going as possible. Slap apt for RPM on it, and it might be able to go head to head with Debian.
RedHat is simply seen as a server distro. SysAdmin's are dead heads who need something to do while installing the OS.
Suse is actually getting better.
Progeny would be the other distro to consider. But let's wait and see if it catches on. If it does, then progeny would win the award of your talent.
Don't touch Debian, those guys'll reject it in a flash. They like pain- its manly.
Oh, and you know what else? Linus' father helped VP Lyndon Johnson assasinate John F Kennedy. It was an attempt to highten the Vietnam war, so that many of our men would die and allow the Soviets to conquer us that much easier.
Make em think twice about running windows on the server side. Make em realize that we aren't going to take it. Give 'em hell!
So what if I am biased. So are you. We all are. So what of it?