1) Slow Economy at the same time of slow sales. what a coincidence, I actually bought food so I could stay alive, instead of a cd during these hard times.
2) Greed. Isn't this interesting, (A) they double the price of cd's over cassetts, even though it costs them less then 10% to produce the cd's or what it did cassettes. (B) Artists only get $0.10 - $0.15 / CD sale, ok so wtf happens to the other $20 I'm spending? (C) Just about everything the RIAA is doing to piss us off is because they are soley motivated on Greed.
3) Monopoly. Please please, do us all a favor and split these greedy bastards up before they take away any more freedoms from us.
That's right, I want more, more devices to carry around, wouldn't feel like a proper geek without lugging around more, a Huge watch, a Big Multipurpose Controller for Tv's, Vcrs, DVds, etc. (Hey you won't get stuck watching anything you don't want to now!), A Very Large Palm pilot, A 22lb Laptop, and a few misc. other devices that weight quite a bit, but make me look more geeky.
I don't know what Intel was smoking but you can't just expect the market to completely adopt a New cpu standard such as Itanium, who's going to buy it without a large set of code that will run on it?
This is why the Hammer will come out first, Amd is smart enough to realize that the first few years of hammer, people will need to run some things that there are no 64-bit programs for yet.
Mad props to Amd for not having stuck their heads where the sun doesn't shine this time around!
I've been able to get my tvtuner card to work just as good under linux as it did under windows, but the lack of anything worth watching on tv has forced me to quit watching Tv almost completely, this software looks impressive from the screenshots, perhaps its time to start filming my own footage of: "Corporate Office 101 for Dummies (Please submit the lack of your intelligence into the helpdesk system now!)"
Linux has become easier to install over the last 3 years I've been playing with it, I'm not going to mention distro's because even though I've tested out many different ones I dont' want to start a disto war...Windows has become harder to install.
The thing I like most about installing linux is that I can install all the software I want while I'm installing it I find myself done within around an hour at the longest.
With windows, I find myself getting it installed in about 45 minutes, then I still have to install the drivers, and software...5-6 hours later I might be done. But then again we wouldn't want Microsoft to provide all the software we use with windows now would we?
So, if I were to create my own encryption, Would it be better then someone elses that is widely spread? what all would it take to make it really secure? Help me out here I'm thinking of doing something like this for a portal system I'm itching to write in perl possibly having 2 different encryptions, everything goes through the first encryption so the entire database is encrypted, then all passwords, etc. go through a 2nd encryption algorithm after the first to make them more secure, Does this seem like a good idea?
Sometime I want to be heard with my name, other times I'm quite happy to be very anonymous...
Just think about it, do you really want those horny 16 yearolds at the checkout stand to know who you are while you're picking up the tampons for your wife?
This may seem like a good idea at first, but I'm looking for something that won't crap out in 3-5 years, or less?
I'm talking about backing up approximately 500Gb worth of data spanning across 7 Harddrives in a non-raid environment, this data isn't going to be changing much, and I don't like the cost of the tape drive solution, besides with a little organization you can find any of your data from cd's/dvd's much faster then from Tape backups.
Harddrives aren't really cost effective for this matter, and there is too big a risk of failure involved!
As for Ghost, why would I want to Ghost a linux partition?
Only problem with that is, I need something I can use my backup for more then just backup and restore...hence why cd's would be good other then they don't hold enough...next option DVD burners, but not until they standardize!
I want so badly a dvdburner to backup stuff with, cd's are often to small for some of the content I'm backing up, however it would be a waste of my money to invest in one now even though I can afford it, for the fact that these are Not standard....sigh...only time will really tell.
Lan parties....ahh the only true thing that makes life worth living...
We have a local group that gets together about once a month to play network pc games, what's really cool is they just started supporting X-box gamers 2 months ago!
too bad X-box won't ever scale the way a pc's can on a network for gaming!
to load linux on yet another device, this might be the excuse I was waiting for to purchase the Xbox afterall? then again I played Halo over at a friends house for a while, its no Counter-Strike, but it sure was fun as hell!
I've been using linux for approximately 3 years now, and I still can't find a reason why I want linux on my pda past the "cool" factor which really translates to "geek" factor in this case. I have a palm m505 which I can do just about anything on, including playing short video clips (Impressive considering how much slower these processors are compared to that of the PocketPC PDAs.
Of course, those of us in the "know" can't wait for the next Palm to come out its going to totally rock the scale for multimedia;)
Linux is good for servers folks, it makes an Ok desktop, and I can't see how it would be all that useful on a PDA!
So who is going to regulate the regulators to make sure that the quality of regulation is persistant? At least they haven't regulated my server yet, or have they?
Oh Wait, I know, CowboyNeal will regulate the regulators to ensure the proper regulations are imposed on us through scrutinous regulating!
Believe you me, no one is having an ego trip anywhere near the powerline my Boss is...I swear one of these days he's gonna look at the ceiling wrong & it will spontaneously combust...hopefully people don't follow;)
Such an interesting & deep topic this can be...I've coded HTML for over 3 years now & have studied the benefits of the different coding languages before deciding PHP was what I needed to go with.
One day when you go buy batteries for you Palm Pilot you will notice PHP-Enabled checkout stands!
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I've got something for the RIAA to Analyze,
1) Slow Economy at the same time of slow sales. what a coincidence, I actually bought food so I could stay alive, instead of a cd during these hard times.
2) Greed. Isn't this interesting, (A) they double the price of cd's over cassetts, even though it costs them less then 10% to produce the cd's or what it did cassettes. (B) Artists only get $0.10 - $0.15 / CD sale, ok so wtf happens to the other $20 I'm spending? (C) Just about everything the RIAA is doing to piss us off is because they are soley motivated on Greed.
3) Monopoly. Please please, do us all a favor and split these greedy bastards up before they take away any more freedoms from us.
But how does it play out, if you happen to look at the wrong letter while trying to See the correct one?
Thanks, but no thanks, I'll stick with my broken (Ergonomic) keyboard for now, I can type just fine on it, and it doesn't hurt my wrists!
Should I really ask the obvious?
Y-Women?
That's right, I want more, more devices to carry around, wouldn't feel like a proper geek without lugging around more, a Huge watch, a Big Multipurpose Controller for Tv's, Vcrs, DVds, etc. (Hey you won't get stuck watching anything you don't want to now!), A Very Large Palm pilot, A 22lb Laptop, and a few misc. other devices that weight quite a bit, but make me look more geeky.
Is it just me or are we (americans) getting dumber while the rest of the world is getting smarter...
...its no wonder they are using linux instead of windows, and our government isn't!
but wouldn't be of more value for us to work on acheiving some larger, rather then fighting with each other?
I don't know what Intel was smoking but you can't just expect the market to completely adopt a New cpu standard such as Itanium, who's going to buy it without a large set of code that will run on it?
This is why the Hammer will come out first, Amd is smart enough to realize that the first few years of hammer, people will need to run some things that there are no 64-bit programs for yet.
Mad props to Amd for not having stuck their heads where the sun doesn't shine this time around!
I've been able to get my tvtuner card to work just as good under linux as it did under windows, but the lack of anything worth watching on tv has forced me to quit watching Tv almost completely, this software looks impressive from the screenshots, perhaps its time to start filming my own footage of: "Corporate Office 101 for Dummies (Please submit the lack of your intelligence into the helpdesk system now!)"
Why Microsoft's passport service!
Maybe not, but is it really that much different from sharing a computer at work with someone who doesn't wash after being in the bathroom?
Linux has become easier to install over the last 3 years I've been playing with it, I'm not going to mention distro's because even though I've tested out many different ones I dont' want to start a disto war...Windows has become harder to install.
The thing I like most about installing linux is that I can install all the software I want while I'm installing it I find myself done within around an hour at the longest.
With windows, I find myself getting it installed in about 45 minutes, then I still have to install the drivers, and software...5-6 hours later I might be done. But then again we wouldn't want Microsoft to provide all the software we use with windows now would we?
So, if I were to create my own encryption, Would it be better then someone elses that is widely spread? what all would it take to make it really secure?
Help me out here I'm thinking of doing something like this for a portal system I'm itching to write in perl possibly having 2 different encryptions, everything goes through the first encryption so the entire database is encrypted, then all passwords, etc. go through a 2nd encryption algorithm after the first to make them more secure, Does this seem like a good idea?
Sometime I want to be heard with my name, other times I'm quite happy to be very anonymous...
Just think about it, do you really want those horny 16 yearolds at the checkout stand to know who you are while you're picking up the tampons for your wife?
This may seem like a good idea at first, but I'm looking for something that won't crap out in 3-5 years, or less?
I'm talking about backing up approximately 500Gb worth of data spanning across 7 Harddrives in a non-raid environment, this data isn't going to be changing much, and I don't like the cost of the tape drive solution, besides with a little organization you can find any of your data from cd's/dvd's much faster then from Tape backups.
Harddrives aren't really cost effective for this matter, and there is too big a risk of failure involved!
As for Ghost, why would I want to Ghost a linux partition?
Only problem with that is, I need something I can use my backup for more then just backup and restore...hence why cd's would be good other then they don't hold enough...next option DVD burners, but not until they standardize!
I want so badly a dvdburner to backup stuff with, cd's are often to small for some of the content I'm backing up, however it would be a waste of my money to invest in one now even though I can afford it, for the fact that these are Not standard....sigh...only time will really tell.
We have a local group that gets together about once a month to play network pc games, what's really cool is they just started supporting X-box gamers 2 months ago!
too bad X-box won't ever scale the way a pc's can on a network for gaming!
to load linux on yet another device, this might be the excuse I was waiting for to purchase the Xbox afterall? then again I played Halo over at a friends house for a while, its no Counter-Strike, but it sure was fun as hell!
...with or without wings, so call me a ground loving elf then?
I've been using linux for approximately 3 years now, and I still can't find a reason why I want linux on my pda past the "cool" factor which really translates to "geek" factor in this case. I have a palm m505 which I can do just about anything on, including playing short video clips (Impressive considering how much slower these processors are compared to that of the PocketPC PDAs. Of course, those of us in the "know" can't wait for the next Palm to come out its going to totally rock the scale for multimedia ;)
Linux is good for servers folks, it makes an Ok desktop, and I can't see how it would be all that useful on a PDA!
Now that's gaming!
That should never be pattented, for everything else, there is redelf.net
So who is going to regulate the regulators to make sure that the quality of regulation is persistant? At least they haven't regulated my server yet, or have they?
Oh Wait, I know, CowboyNeal will regulate the regulators to ensure the proper regulations are imposed on us through scrutinous regulating!
Believe you me, no one is having an ego trip anywhere near the powerline my Boss is...I swear one of these days he's gonna look at the ceiling wrong & it will spontaneously combust...hopefully people don't follow ;)
-RedElf
Such an interesting & deep topic this can be...I've coded HTML for over 3 years now & have studied the benefits of the different coding languages before deciding PHP was what I needed to go with.
One day when you go buy batteries for you Palm Pilot you will notice PHP-Enabled checkout stands!
-RedElf