WTF. Seriously. Selling carrier frequencies like land? That only works in theory.
First of all, in radio communications, there's a thing called propogation. Suppose I own 144.000MHz, what happens to me if I "bleed" over into 144.100? Who will tell me to stay in my band? For how far of a distance do I own this 144.000MHz? What's to stop me from bumping up my power from a few watts to 5kW and blasting out my corner of the state?
Who will police amateur radio? Give/Restrict access? Or will the airwaves become like CB became, full of know-nothings that just bought the right equipment? Will companies just have to keep stepping up their power to drown out RFI?
Obviously this man has done very little with radio, and is just the policical columnist for CNet. I applaud the idea to question the current structure of hte FCC, but bad way to go about trying to fix it. (...and, yes, I am. My callsign is N5DUX.)
Greg Sizemore(RIP) was the brains behind EV1Servers/Rackshack. Greg passed away last Fall and I'm sure there hasnt been much innovative growth or change on the web-hosting side of EV1.
I'm sure the deal with SCO would have never gone down had Greg still been there. EV1Servers was run by Sizemore with a hands-off, "you know what you're doing" approach from the administration. They trusted Greg and let him steer the web-hosting department's operations from a technically sound position. After Greg's death, I'm sure Marsh thought he should muttle in EV1Servers affairs and try to be a hero. Too bad he hasn't a clue about the web-hosting business or how Greg managed things.
Some slashdotters are overly paranoid. Sales-tracking is not about what YOU buy. It's about their product and how it sales. Take the tin-foil off your head and relax.
looking for free games? or retail games($)?
Me, personally, I've been playing Battlefield 1942, which just got Punkbuster added to it. Then there's the free Desert Combat mod for it. Also been playing Call of Duty. And Battlefield : Vietnam should be out within the next month or so.
With freedom comes responsibility... With Freedom of Speech comes the responsibility of knowing what NOT to say.
Saying that one wishes death on the president is against the law. So you're not free to say just anything. In a time of war if you start propogating sensative information, you will be charged with treason and executed. So you're not free to tell people what you want.
You are free within limits. Its like, you're free to drive as fast as you want, just not over a certain limit. You're free to go where you want, so long as you do not trespass. You're free to do what you want, so long as you do not infringe on other people's rights and such.
The whole freedom of speech thing comes becomes paradoxical when you speak out against the US as a whole. I'm all for speaking out against parts of our government, but when you say "The US (as a whole) sucks! and I'm free to say that if I want." Aren't you denouncing the country that gives you such a right? How can it suck then? Sure, you're free to disagree with certain aspects. But when you burn the US flag, aren't you then saying that you reject the US and its rights??? Oh you aren't? So obviously there is something about this country that you find pleasing...
The whole thing about freedom comes back to, you're free to do what you want, as long as you dont cross the line. By aiding those who wish harm on the US, that's breaking the law.
Door Games: Tradewars, Global War
Downloads: MODs, Shareware Demos (DukeNuken, Stunts, Wolf3d, Doom) Dwango - for you Doom players out there, it was local for us Houston,TX-folk.
My computer when i started BBSing was a 286, 40Mb HD, EGA monitor, 2400baud modem. This was all given to me by a now good friend of mine. Thanks Stevie G! Right after Wolf and Doom, i realized i needed one of those fast 386/DX machines, so again Steve hooked me up. got a 386/DX-66, 4Mb, 125Mb HD, VGA, and a 14.4baud... i was ready to rock.
My favorite BBSs were Mont Belvieu BBS and The Ice Castle....and FWIW, Zamfir's Magic Castle.
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Slack was the distro I fell in love with first. as of lately, i've been impressed with the portability of Knoppix LiveCDs. But I'm still a Slackware fan. Happy Birthday! w00t!
yeah - i've found that i think so quickly, what seems like a lack of attention is my mind jumping from topic to topic and relating ideas that other might take a minute to catch up with to (you might have to explain your train-of-thought). ADHD isn't a disorder, it's more of a type of personality, you might notice that computers (assuming you're a geek) or anything you enjoy can hold you attention with no problem. It's just the other stuff - stuff not of your choosing, may seem to bore you. In this boredom, you get "off-topic" and you begin to think about other topics.
I also agree, lots of sugar probably won't help your hyperactivity. Caffine tho, might. Since it acts as a mild-stimulant. Which is what Ritalin and Dexedrine are - stimulants. They "narrow" your focus, and allow you to concentrate.
I did some reading and found that ADHD is linked to a lack of magnesium. So I looked in a nutrition guide to find some natural sources of magnesium (and what to avoid). I came to find out that rice and beans/grains will refresh your Mg. Vitamin D, like that of Vit.D milk, will 'wash away' some of your Mg. So, I avoid milk in the mornings, and drink a glass at night. I also tried Magnesium tablets for a while, this also seemed to help. was it placebo?...possibly. But those are my findings. I also have taken 5HTP, I didnt notice much affect - that and the cost of 5HTP compared to Mg tablets makes Mg tabs more acceptable.
So, I say look into your diet, it will take some time and hard-work to stay focused, but try to make your diet help you. On the clinical side, I used to take Dexedrine, it definately helps, but that is also due to how potent it is. I didn't care for Ritalin much as a child, and dexedrine seems more 'controllable', with the side-effects being almost complete loss of appetite. So if you can work around that, you might ask your Dr. about Dexedrine.
...just remember there's no miracle drug to "fix" the issue, you have to try to stay focused, all of these aids are just that, aids, there to help you achieve a desired result.
nice thought, but when was the last time you listened to any of the questions in the "tech" department of any retail store?
most people don't have a clue. think of how many people AOL have to support. there's no way that the avg. consumer will be able to properly setup, much less manage, his/her own data connection.
maybe a www3 or something, but i seriously doubt anything like this ever comes up in the current generation(s).
what kind of platform are you running from? if you'll have that many clients to support, you might consider having a dedicated spam-filter. that way you dont have to worry about resource-hogging filters
dude, these thing have been around awhile... i've seen these things at the Houston Aero's hockey games and Houston Astros' games... get something new and cool... altho these are cool, they ain't new...
Running Linux by O'Reilly was essential for me. (still is at times!) - it's a great reference book once you've gone thru it all. LinuxNewbie.org has some nice how-to/help files that were also big for me.
Yeah, i just gave up on TF2... the screenshots used to look so freakin cool, then other games progressed way beyond TF2 graphics... and now it just looks like the avg. run-of-the-mill gameshots now. I now officially and publicly surrender my anticipation for Team Fortress II.
Slashdot is in Braile. Run your greasy fingers across the screen, you'll quickly notice the pages are just blank. Everyone knows true geeks aren't blind anyways. Nothing to see here blind people, move along...
HOW will Paladium kill Open Source??? i still have yet to see a valid argument.
On top of that, you can't keep a good man down. in the end, open source will still be there whether M$ or anyone else opposes it. Its like anything illegal. Sure it may not be mainstream, but it still exists, its still out there, you just have to find it.
only x86 processors... it just checks your system type like config.guess does when you compile code. it checks this to make sure it can compile on that processor's architechure. (since ix86's have a diff. commandset from other cpus)
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No. At least not like that.
WTF. Seriously. Selling carrier frequencies like land? That only works in theory.
First of all, in radio communications, there's a thing called propogation. Suppose I own 144.000MHz, what happens to me if I "bleed" over into 144.100? Who will tell me to stay in my band? For how far of a distance do I own this 144.000MHz? What's to stop me from bumping up my power from a few watts to 5kW and blasting out my corner of the state?
Who will police amateur radio? Give/Restrict access? Or will the airwaves become like CB became, full of know-nothings that just bought the right equipment? Will companies just have to keep stepping up their power to drown out RFI?
Obviously this man has done very little with radio, and is just the policical columnist for CNet.
I applaud the idea to question the current structure of hte FCC, but bad way to go about trying to fix it.
(...and, yes, I am. My callsign is N5DUX.)
I like the link on the TechTV page that says "Hot Tech Jobs" link. I'm sure they'll all be visiting the same links soon.
Also wonder if they will soon be needing to place a Call For Help. *da-doom-chish!*
"Word up foo, he tryin' to hate, dawg. I be tha real Coolio."
Greg Sizemore(RIP) was the brains behind EV1Servers/Rackshack. Greg passed away last Fall and I'm sure there hasnt been much innovative growth or change on the web-hosting side of EV1.
I'm sure the deal with SCO would have never gone down had Greg still been there. EV1Servers was run by Sizemore with a hands-off, "you know what you're doing" approach from the administration. They trusted Greg and let him steer the web-hosting department's operations from a technically sound position.
After Greg's death, I'm sure Marsh thought he should muttle in EV1Servers affairs and try to be a hero. Too bad he hasn't a clue about the web-hosting business or how Greg managed things.
"Privacy issues", HA!
Some slashdotters are overly paranoid. Sales-tracking is not about what YOU buy. It's about their product and how it sales.
Take the tin-foil off your head and relax.
looking for free games? or retail games($)?
Me, personally, I've been playing Battlefield 1942, which just got Punkbuster added to it. Then there's the free Desert Combat mod for it. Also been playing Call of Duty. And Battlefield : Vietnam should be out within the next month or so.
As for free... How about America's Army? I haven't played it in a long time, but I loved it when i did play it. There's also Wolfenstein : Enemy Territory.
Can it be? (probably not tho)
With freedom comes responsibility...
With Freedom of Speech comes the responsibility of knowing what NOT to say.
Saying that one wishes death on the president is against the law. So you're not free to say just anything.
In a time of war if you start propogating sensative information, you will be charged with treason and executed. So you're not free to tell people what you want.
You are free within limits. Its like, you're free to drive as fast as you want, just not over a certain limit. You're free to go where you want, so long as you do not trespass. You're free to do what you want, so long as you do not infringe on other people's rights and such.
The whole freedom of speech thing comes becomes paradoxical when you speak out against the US as a whole. I'm all for speaking out against parts of our government, but when you say "The US (as a whole) sucks! and I'm free to say that if I want." Aren't you denouncing the country that gives you such a right? How can it suck then? Sure, you're free to disagree with certain aspects. But when you burn the US flag, aren't you then saying that you reject the US and its rights???
Oh you aren't? So obviously there is something about this country that you find pleasing...
The whole thing about freedom comes back to, you're free to do what you want, as long as you dont cross the line. By aiding those who wish harm on the US, that's breaking the law.
Door Games: Tradewars, Global War
...and FWIW, Zamfir's Magic Castle.
Downloads: MODs, Shareware Demos (DukeNuken, Stunts, Wolf3d, Doom)
Dwango - for you Doom players out there, it was local for us Houston,TX-folk.
My computer when i started BBSing was a 286, 40Mb HD, EGA monitor, 2400baud modem. This was all given to me by a now good friend of mine. Thanks Stevie G!
Right after Wolf and Doom, i realized i needed one of those fast 386/DX machines, so again Steve hooked me up. got a 386/DX-66, 4Mb, 125Mb HD, VGA, and a 14.4baud... i was ready to rock.
My favorite BBSs were Mont Belvieu BBS and The Ice Castle.
Slack was the distro I fell in love with first. as of lately, i've been impressed with the portability of Knoppix LiveCDs. But I'm still a Slackware fan. Happy Birthday! w00t!
yeah - i've found that i think so quickly, what seems like a lack of attention is my mind jumping from topic to topic and relating ideas that other might take a minute to catch up with to (you might have to explain your train-of-thought).
ADHD isn't a disorder, it's more of a type of personality, you might notice that computers (assuming you're a geek) or anything you enjoy can hold you attention with no problem. It's just the other stuff - stuff not of your choosing, may seem to bore you. In this boredom, you get "off-topic" and you begin to think about other topics.
I also agree, lots of sugar probably won't help your hyperactivity. Caffine tho, might. Since it acts as a mild-stimulant. Which is what Ritalin and Dexedrine are - stimulants. They "narrow" your focus, and allow you to concentrate.
I did some reading and found that ADHD is linked to a lack of magnesium. So I looked in a nutrition guide to find some natural sources of magnesium (and what to avoid). I came to find out that rice and beans/grains will refresh your Mg. Vitamin D, like that of Vit.D milk, will 'wash away' some of your Mg. So, I avoid milk in the mornings, and drink a glass at night. I also tried Magnesium tablets for a while, this also seemed to help. ...possibly. But those are my findings. I also have taken 5HTP, I didnt notice much affect - that and the cost of 5HTP compared to Mg tablets makes Mg tabs more acceptable.
was it placebo?
So, I say look into your diet, it will take some time and hard-work to stay focused, but try to make your diet help you.
On the clinical side, I used to take Dexedrine, it definately helps, but that is also due to how potent it is. I didn't care for Ritalin much as a child, and dexedrine seems more 'controllable', with the side-effects being almost complete loss of appetite. So if you can work around that, you might ask your Dr. about Dexedrine.
...just remember there's no miracle drug to "fix" the issue, you have to try to stay focused, all of these aids are just that, aids, there to help you achieve a desired result.
hope that helps!
nice thought, but when was the last time you listened to any of the questions in the "tech" department of any retail store? most people don't have a clue. think of how many people AOL have to support. there's no way that the avg. consumer will be able to properly setup, much less manage, his/her own data connection. maybe a www3 or something, but i seriously doubt anything like this ever comes up in the current generation(s).
what kind of platform are you running from? if you'll have that many clients to support, you might consider having a dedicated spam-filter. that way you dont have to worry about resource-hogging filters
lol, we (Zionist pigs) win...
you lose, sorry, you distugist, filthy stinkies....
dude, these thing have been around awhile... i've seen these things at the Houston Aero's hockey games and Houston Astros' games...
get something new and cool... altho these are cool, they ain't new...
"a jelly doughnut?!"
close enuf... w00t!!!
Running Linux by O'Reilly was essential for me. (still is at times!) - it's a great reference book once you've gone thru it all.
LinuxNewbie.org has some nice how-to/help files that were also big for me.
Yeah, i just gave up on TF2... the screenshots used to look so freakin cool, then other games progressed way beyond TF2 graphics... and now it just looks like the avg. run-of-the-mill gameshots now.
I now officially and publicly surrender my anticipation for Team Fortress II.
Slashdot is in Braile. Run your greasy fingers across the screen, you'll quickly notice the pages are just blank. Everyone knows true geeks aren't blind anyways.
Nothing to see here blind people, move along...
HOW will Paladium kill Open Source??? i still have yet to see a valid argument.
On top of that, you can't keep a good man down. in the end, open source will still be there whether M$ or anyone else opposes it. Its like anything illegal. Sure it may not be mainstream, but it still exists, its still out there, you just have to find it.
again, my question is:
HOW will Paladium kill Open Source???
NIC card is redundant!!! i hate morons that call it a NIC card.
you just dont need to add what kinda of card a NIC is... you've already told us
it'd be like saying PC Computer or ATM Machine.
are they one shot only cannons? or how do the cannons reload?
only x86 processors... it just checks your system type like config.guess does when you compile code. it checks this to make sure it can compile on that processor's architechure. (since ix86's have a diff. commandset from other cpus)