Features so important that you post as an AC? As for security you're not conducting transactions over an IM system nor giving out your personal information at least I hope you wouldn't be, it's basic communication software, Do you enjoy looking at ICQ's ads? Did they help in your conquest to get "laid" ICQ has tons of features which could be categorized as bloat if they dont assist in doing what the IM client is for letting people communicate efficiently.
I found a nice IM client called imici which runs on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD (Mac in development) it runs AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo's IM's concurrently. It's a clean interface with no ads (something both aim and icq windows clients force on you). It's not open source but hey it's only an instant messenger. It's a clean client but still new and needs features, most of which I will trade for not having to look at ads. I've only run the Windows client so forgive me if there are inaccuracy's with the Linux or FreeBSD version.
How bout an actual show on techtv or something similar dedicated to Linux that'd be nice wouldn't it, an hour long show targeted to an intermediate/advanced audience.
Amen. Age discrimination is perhaps one of the largest factors when trying to get that first IT job and this guys comments proves that it overflows outside of his job. He may have met some g00fy p4ck3t kids but he hasn't met you or I. I myself am not a teenager anymore but I know many many well informed sharp ones I consider friends and in some respects teachers, if you arent learning something from everyone you meet there is something deeply wrong with you. Just because a voice is less loud dosent mean it's less important.
Most of these people seem to be under the impression that you should give away all of your code, and I'm pretty sure you don't want to do that. So, go out, hire an attorney, prepare yourself as best you can, and then go talk to your employer.
Wait a tic, isn't that code monkey adviceyou're giving him?! Had he not wanted input he wouldn't have asked now go sit in a corner and realize how stupid your post is.
You'd swear they leased these devices instead of purchased them. What can you actually own in Austrailia? One can see similarities in the music industry when I buy a cd what do I own? Do I own the right to put that music on my hard drive, a sort of encompasing liberty over the data and object. If I do own it then am I not free to anything I please with it? Once I own that Playstation it's _mine_ the modifications I make to it should at worst void a warranty. Just like if I buy a car, it's legal for me to modify it to the point that it may put myself or others in danger. Does sony also not have the option to produce unmodifiable playstations? Maybe the Austrialian legislature needs too look not at citizens who in just owning a playstation have the potential to modify and play ripped games on it, but at sony for making it possible to do so, and at the entity's making it possible to easily modify it. Next thing you know the playstation itself will be outlawed.
Kid tested, mother approved. It's an operating system not a cartoon guys can we mature the graphics a little? I am and probably always will be a loyal debian user.
...like buying a Ford instead of a Chevy because you like the door handles better on the Ford.
Like buying a Ford instead of a Chevy because the Ford is faster.
...like voting for a presidential candidate based on who has the better hair.
Like voting for a presidential candidate based on who has a better performance record.
Lets get the facts straight before we go making assinine comments about how one is better than the other without actually using both systems and making a fair opinion based on what you've learned. So don't tread on people because you lack information.
The same technique was used to attempt to communicate with John Carmack of id Software
Johns remarks: Vertex programs aren't invariant with the fixed function geometry paths.
That means that you can't mix vertex program passes with normal
passes in a multipass algorithm. This is annoying, and shouldn't have
happened.
In light of these statements the efforts were seen as a failure, we may never know if anyone will ever understand Carmack.
Playing most new games over modems just isnt worth playing at all. I'm currently a dialup customer but I've had cable service in the past and have found that games like half-life (when the milestone netcode was introduced around counter-strike 5.2) make the broadband experience WORSE because the page refreshes on the netcode cant support dialup users without hindering the broadband gamer, part of that is engine and part of it is netcode.
Either way I think server side options should put in place to allow/support of broadband only gaming where 2/4 Kbps would be used normally the ammound of constant transfer could be upped to say 8/10 Kbps which would probably would make a big difference. Those of you who played HL pre netcode fix know that the prediction schemes only hinder game play to support the modem crowd. Modem users have a lot of great games to choose from and I dont want to shut them out either. I just think the option for a broadband enabled server might be a good thing.
Obviously the guys at microsoft have never played any zero sum games, it's all about domination and winning. Microsoft cant admit that they just cant write a good tcp stack so they jack someone elses fortunately for them the people from whom it was taken didnt mind. They gobble companies whole and then have the balls to say they're innovating you're not innovating when you do that are you. The vicious circle of M$ swallowing technologies whole and excreting out new and assimilated products just dosent appeal to me.
Stealing IP's is one thing simply NATing is another, as long as I'm not taking any more resources than I'm paying for and am promised then it shouldnt be a problem. I should be able to run my company's LAN off of your stinking DSL. That one ip is mine and if I choose to NAT it out that's my business the ISP is doing the traffic shaping so there's now way for me to go over my bandwidth cap, what are they worried about?
Half-Life for another 2 to 4 years it was based on the quake 2 engine for goodness sakes. I payed a lot for this hardware and damnit I'm not planning on turning my machine into an 8 bit nintendo system for the sake of playing a game like Zelda again.
Look at the quake 3 engine and game play, it's amazing! But to truely realize it's power it must be played online, I think what we have here is a bunch of HPB's with slow computers trying to start a coup. Well fellas if it's alright with you I'd like to tax my athlon 1.1 for all it's worth and my video card just the same. It's not beyond developers means to make a good game using the latest technology just dont hope for the game to DO and BE everything. I'm anxiously awaiting TF2, DOOM3, and Tribes 2 and damnit they're all going to be good.
All of your slashdot sid's were planted here by the government in the event the discussion came up they'd have low believeable slashdot uid's backing them up, cuz you know if you have a low uid you get respect right?
What happens to flash when viewed by people with say sight disabilities? This leads me to think that flash is basically limited to image only format and content of any importance shouldnt be placed in the flash file itself.
Look at the sites they lobby for they ALL contain some gawdy flash that is nothing more than bloat that was easier to organize with flash than with complex javascript, gifs, and html. This is why I say flash is web cancer.
Angered because the open source movement is putting the power back in the hands of the people instead of a minority controlling what everyone can choose from we say "Here take this and do with it what you wish." Isnt the "American way" about democracy and the people's will? There is a fair majority of people who believe in choice, I'd challenge Microsoft that their vision of freedom to innovate is not innovation at all but a fist of control that dominates and squashes competition while open source encourages education and practicality.
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Where's the fun in downloading that latest 100Mb game demo in 5 minutes? Where's the anticipation?! Choose life, choose dial up.
Features so important that you post as an AC? As for security you're not conducting transactions over an IM system nor giving out your personal information at least I hope you wouldn't be, it's basic communication software, Do you enjoy looking at ICQ's ads? Did they help in your conquest to get "laid" ICQ has tons of features which could be categorized as bloat if they dont assist in doing what the IM client is for letting people communicate efficiently.
I found a nice IM client called imici which runs on Linux, Windows and FreeBSD (Mac in development) it runs AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo's IM's concurrently. It's a clean interface with no ads (something both aim and icq windows clients force on you). It's not open source but hey it's only an instant messenger. It's a clean client but still new and needs features, most of which I will trade for not having to look at ads. I've only run the Windows client so forgive me if there are inaccuracy's with the Linux or FreeBSD version.
How bout an actual show on techtv or something similar dedicated to Linux that'd be nice wouldn't it, an hour long show targeted to an intermediate/advanced audience.
Sneak in some GPL'd code and say "whoops how'd that get in there." (while simultaniously raising your pinky to the corner of your mouth)
Amen. Age discrimination is perhaps one of the largest factors when trying to get that first IT job and this guys comments proves that it overflows outside of his job. He may have met some g00fy p4ck3t kids but he hasn't met you or I. I myself am not a teenager anymore but I know many many well informed sharp ones I consider friends and in some respects teachers, if you arent learning something from everyone you meet there is something deeply wrong with you. Just because a voice is less loud dosent mean it's less important.
Most of these people seem to be under the impression that you should give away all of your code, and I'm pretty sure you don't want to do that. So, go out, hire an attorney, prepare yourself as best you can, and then go talk to your employer.
Wait a tic, isn't that code monkey advice you're giving him?! Had he not wanted input he wouldn't have asked now go sit in a corner and realize how stupid your post is.
You'd swear they leased these devices instead of purchased them. What can you actually own in Austrailia? One can see similarities in the music industry when I buy a cd what do I own? Do I own the right to put that music on my hard drive, a sort of encompasing liberty over the data and object. If I do own it then am I not free to anything I please with it? Once I own that Playstation it's _mine_ the modifications I make to it should at worst void a warranty. Just like if I buy a car, it's legal for me to modify it to the point that it may put myself or others in danger. Does sony also not have the option to produce unmodifiable playstations? Maybe the Austrialian legislature needs too look not at citizens who in just owning a playstation have the potential to modify and play ripped games on it, but at sony for making it possible to do so, and at the entity's making it possible to easily modify it. Next thing you know the playstation itself will be outlawed.
s/cute/goofy
Kid tested, mother approved.
It's an operating system not a cartoon guys can we mature the graphics a little? I am and probably always will be a loyal debian user.
Nobody tell Steeve Jobs, I can see it now "Buckyballs first on Apple!" they'll enclose said silicon in colored plastic.
...like buying a Ford instead of a Chevy because you like the door handles better on the Ford.
...like voting for a presidential candidate based on who has the better hair.
Like buying a Ford instead of a Chevy because the Ford is faster.
Like voting for a presidential candidate based on who has a better performance record.
Lets get the facts straight before we go making assinine comments about how one is better than the other without actually using both systems and making a fair opinion based on what you've learned. So don't tread on people because you lack information.
The same technique was used to attempt to communicate with John Carmack of id Software
Johns remarks:
Vertex programs aren't invariant with the fixed function geometry paths. That means that you can't mix vertex program passes with normal passes in a multipass algorithm. This is annoying, and shouldn't have happened.
In light of these statements the efforts were seen as a failure, we may never know if anyone will ever understand Carmack.
Playing most new games over modems just isnt worth playing at all. I'm currently a dialup customer but I've had cable service in the past and have found that games like half-life (when the milestone netcode was introduced around counter-strike 5.2) make the broadband experience WORSE because the page refreshes on the netcode cant support dialup users without hindering the broadband gamer, part of that is engine and part of it is netcode.
Either way I think server side options should put in place to allow/support of broadband only gaming where 2/4 Kbps would be used normally the ammound of constant transfer could be upped to say 8/10 Kbps which would probably would make a big difference. Those of you who played HL pre netcode fix know that the prediction schemes only hinder game play to support the modem crowd. Modem users have a lot of great games to choose from and I dont want to shut them out either. I just think the option for a broadband enabled server might be a good thing.
Obviously the guys at microsoft have never played any zero sum games, it's all about domination and winning. Microsoft cant admit that they just cant write a good tcp stack so they jack someone elses fortunately for them the people from whom it was taken didnt mind. They gobble companies whole and then have the balls to say they're innovating you're not innovating when you do that are you. The vicious circle of M$ swallowing technologies whole and excreting out new and assimilated products just dosent appeal to me.
Stealing IP's is one thing simply NATing is another, as long as I'm not taking any more resources than I'm paying for and am promised then it shouldnt be a problem. I should be able to run my company's LAN off of your stinking DSL. That one ip is mine and if I choose to NAT it out that's my business the ISP is doing the traffic shaping so there's now way for me to go over my bandwidth cap, what are they worried about?
Half-Life for another 2 to 4 years it was based on the quake 2 engine for goodness sakes. I payed a lot for this hardware and damnit I'm not planning on turning my machine into an 8 bit nintendo system for the sake of playing a game like Zelda again.
Look at the quake 3 engine and game play, it's amazing! But to truely realize it's power it must be played online, I think what we have here is a bunch of HPB's with slow computers trying to start a coup. Well fellas if it's alright with you I'd like to tax my athlon 1.1 for all it's worth and my video card just the same. It's not beyond developers means to make a good game using the latest technology just dont hope for the game to DO and BE everything. I'm anxiously awaiting TF2, DOOM3, and Tribes 2 and damnit they're all going to be good.
All of your slashdot sid's were planted here by the government in the event the discussion came up they'd have low believeable slashdot uid's backing them up, cuz you know if you have a low uid you get respect right?
What happens to flash when viewed by people with say sight disabilities? This leads me to think that flash is basically limited to image only format and content of any importance shouldnt be placed in the flash file itself.
Look at the sites they lobby for they ALL contain some gawdy flash that is nothing more than bloat that was easier to organize with flash than with complex javascript, gifs, and html. This is why I say flash is web cancer.
I still believe flash is web cancer. These guys want every form of shiny thing on their web pages they dont want standards they want MTV.
I demand a recount! Seriously, if it isnt frozen it might go bad...
I'm here all week folks, thank you very much
Angered because the open source movement is putting the power back in the hands of the people instead of a minority controlling what everyone can choose from we say "Here take this and do with it what you wish." Isnt the "American way" about democracy and the people's will? There is a fair majority of people who believe in choice, I'd challenge Microsoft that their vision of freedom to innovate is not innovation at all but a fist of control that dominates and squashes competition while open source encourages education and practicality.
It dosent really matter to me all I know is that VAX is synonymous for sucking.
I hope you end up buying all the products you have "free" source in. You're a robot go develop code without ethics elsewhere.
Leave it to slashdot to obliterate a webserver in less than 10 minutes. Someone post an RFC for the slashdot effect.