Back a long time ago when we all hung at the mall and ruled the arcade everyone would have their b-day party there and the main machines would be turned to free-play.
It was awsome because we could eat and drink inside the arcade (for once, even though we hung with the workers they enforced this with a passion) and mortal kombat and street fighter after hours, for hours!
the free office suites aren't compatible enough with MS Office, this would drastically impair my ability to get work done.
I would say MS Office isn't compatible with the free offerings. See, MS could bend to work with them since they hold the keys to the castle. Only MS can edit their code. If they could allow importing from OO easily and flawlessly then a mixed environment could work. The standard is published.
Of course this isn't going to happen, but look at it that way.
MS Project, MS Visio, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Macromedia Fireworks.
Project? Get vi or emacs to write your code. There are many GUI "studios" out there though.
Visio? I know there is at least a million attempts to replace this, although I'm not the expert on Visio.
Dreamweaver? Use a text editor. Why make your people suffer with web sites that are 400 times the size they need to be. Generated code is ugly and pokey.
Fireworks? IIRC, Fireworks is basically an image editor correct? Gimp?
The cars of Europe are built for handling and speed. Cars of the USA are built for maxium power from stop light to stop light. Not really a good idea eh?
Think about it: "American Muscle Car" says it all. There is no support behind a EV because you can't street race it, everyone would likely be driving about the same speeds. I mean, it really comes down to your feelings about your cock.
Of the people I know interested in EV's, they are all women. Why is this? I know for a fact because they want something that is practical, easy on emissions and safe. Men want fast, they want to show off and they need that car to show off their status (or their wishful status?).
I've always driven a small car. My first was a Honda Civic. Now I drive my girlfriends Aspire. Sure, the car sucks: But I don't feel ashamed of it because I'm actually smart enough to know the world isn't measured in horsepower. How I do in the sack or at work has nothing to do with what car you show up in.
The EV is unpopular because it's too much like a vehicle and not like a "Carrrrr". Really, this is plain stupid. One of the first posters noted that when he wants to change lanes he wants the thing to go. Well, if most people are driving EV's then you don't have to worry (duh?).
Actually we need Ford's CEO William Clay Ford explain why we should buy his products.
The Ford family which rides that "Made In America" thing until it's old has never really explained why good ol' Henry was such an Anti-American during Dubya Dubya Two.
They destroyed my front two tires, brand new and when I left 0 tread was left.
(interesting side note: the Ohio E-Check was lobbied to the state by the company whom owns the facilities. When the state wanted to pull out because of complaints the company pointed out that it would be better if the citizens paid their $20 fees instead of the state paying as the contract demanded millions)
I personally think that something like e-check is a good idea but it's failed for two reasons. One, anyone paying 20 bucks to the attendant can pass; yes bribery. And two; if your car is a pollution machine like no other you eventually become exempt if you show receipts saying that you paid over $2000 (I believe) to try to fix it.
I wish we could fix our pollution problems but those two examples show how politics and money just undercut honest efforts, even if they are only half way honest.
Isn't it just cool that it's been built? Sure it's an Escort under the shell, and you could fix the interior but the guy is just a fiberglass man (remember that).
But this bugged me: or let the grill roll up when needed ('69 Camaro among others).
Yeah; that is all we need, a land speeder with the right headlight up during the day and the left one up at night.
I really hated you before because of your past comments, but this one takes the cake.
Not only is your comment based on religious ideas of morality, not true morality, but you don't understand genetics.
Only through a program of unchecked sexual promiscuity can we try to develop humans who aren't likely going to catch the disease.
Your other posts about Herion "junkies" is funny at best. You even say who cares if a junkie dies. That is the proof that you sir have no morals. Of course, you can't save them all. But to judge someone's character on their lifestyle or vice... wow, that is low.
Drug use is a problem that should be dealt with as a health issue, because it is. You really don't understand the causes of drug use do you? Mental Illness for one. To blame someone for having mental illness is like blaming someone for being diabetic.
From another post you made: We were supposed to have evolved in the last few million years, it's time to quit acting like monkeys for fucks sake.
But once again you don't understand. We are very much like monkeys. We share 99%+ of the same DNA. We also share about the same amount of behavior. It was once believed that monkeys were punished for their sexual promiscuity and their voices removed. It seems that you also think in the 19th century.
Our closest relatives don't (all) live monogamous lives. The further you get from us relationship wise, the closer you get to monogamous apes and monkeys. Remember we are related to apes not monkeys.
Another comment you posted about the number of sex partners: someone asks and you have to sit and think about it for 10 minutes before answering, you have a serious problem.
Says who? In fact, the same people who told you this non-sense also gave you "be fruitful and multiply". That is one reason the Catholic church goes against the laws of humanity, they ask for celebacy for their priests and to not use protection or birth control. Abortion (mainly as a birth control device) goes back thousands of years. Something is making me think you simply can't get laid.
Hehe. Those poor people are too poor to not be retarded. Aww. Can't we spend $1500 per month, so that they can live longer and have even more opportunities to infect the few that aren't already showing fullblown AIDS symptoms?
What kind of sick person are you? These people are usually here in the USA; not "over there". We have the responsibility to try to contain the illness right? I mean you act as if the poor don't come into contact with the rich. Like no rich doctor with high morals has never taken advantage of the fact that a mother of three has not enough money to feed her kids. You are one sick bastard who actually deserves to get AIDS. You: "I'm rich and moral, you are poor... You deserve to die"
Give me a goddamn break. You should hear some of the sexual practices these people have.
I guess you are talking about the people of Africa. One practice that you are likely demonizing is the practice of drying of the womans vagina before sex. The reason for this is symbolic to show the woman hasn't committed adultery. This causes bleeding sometimes and people spread HIV because of getting it through other means. Of course you easily demonize their practice... it's not yours. Freedom sucks doesn't it.
We don't need morals to prove it wrong, survival of the fittest is likely to show how good an idea it really is. But no, we'll wait for western science to bail out cultures that don't deserve to survive, and are incapable of finding a cure on their own. And before you go calling me racist, let me assure you that I'm only discriminating against what goes on in their collective heads, not how much pigment is in their skin. Nor would I hold any of them ill will, if by some chance they woke up and had some sense. A racist would continue to try and punish them even after they started behaving, or would overlook that even retards with the same skin color as my own are pulling the same idiotic stunts in my own nation.
Blah blah. You are a racist... or actually ethnocentric. You stated it in plain words. You don't even think these cultures should survive. These are people you are talking about... their people are suffering and all you can say is: They deserve it! Western cultures have destroyed perfectly fine "third world" cultures with their "updated technologies" and the like. Africa may suprise you, the peoples of Africa are the most genetically diverse people on the planet. They are likely going to develop a natural "cure" (impossible? auto immune diseases aren't really "cured") before your pasty ass.
From another poster (in case you missed it): The roads, the infrastructure is what allowed AIDS to get free wo where ever it was deep in africa. It could have been stopped in amy areas, Africa, SF, AMERICA. but that would have been admitting to problems in our practices or, in the case of Africa, admitting that the rest of the world might have to take into account darkies. that, yes, what happens there can effect the rest of the world.
I've heard this debated millions of times. But what people fail to realize is that our "understanding" may actually cause us to get our "asses kicked".
There is nothing that will throw us out of the evolutionary loop. In fact, the damage we do to our environment maybe one thing which wipes us out. We can't survive on "understanding" alone.
Maybe you would like to explain how the people of Africa are the most genetically diverse peoples of the planet? Maybe you would like to explain sickle-cell anemia. That is one adaption which, although it causes a trade off, helps save lives. Please tell me how understanding will beat malaria.
See, for example if we killed off "all" the mosquitoes they will only come back because some simply won't die. DDT spraying made the population diminish, but some were not susceptable to the toxin. So in fact, our "understanding" made it worse.
While we try to fight AIDS through education, a mutation would be the only real way to eliminate the threat.
Basically: We have sexual reproduction, we have genes, we do have mutations.
Think about it: Even though some "freaks" reproduce, not all do.
I wonder though which humans they test for genetic variation?
For example, the peoples of Africa are arguably the oldest humans on the Earth sharing the most DNA with our early relatives.
But they are also the most genetically diverse. Many people over look this, and I'd put my money on a favorable mutation against AIDS comming from that part of the world.
Not, of course, because your DNA says "oh AIDS! we must change". But because the selection would go for this type of mutation.
It's a mutation if it's harmful or doesn't do anything, it's a gene if we like it:)
First of all, we share roughly 97% of our DNS with chimpanzees.
Even though you mean DNA, it's actually 99% (+).
But that only shows a degree of closeness. Of course you know that we are closest to Bonobos and then they are related to Chimps then on down the line. All of these similarities in the DNA only show that we evolved from the same common ancestors. It doesn't mean we evolved from chimps themselves.
But there is something that bothers me about your understanding about genetics. If we assume that everyone was infected with HIV, there is no reason to assume that anyone would be resistant to the disease. There is nothing that guarantees us that our DNA will make a mistake in the reproduction process(es) which will provide an advantage.
The chances of mutation are millions to one. There are so many safeguards in place. There is also very little chance that a mutation will be in our favor. Your DNA has no way of knowning what is coming up next.
But the proliferation of this gene was likely based on the fact that the ones without it died, mixed with the ideas of genetic drift and etc. There isn't really a chance that we also have this gene just because they do. If that were the case we would have found this years ago.
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Mozilla is great (i'm using it now) but on my XP machine NS7 wins because it never crases, I can open millions of tabs and if I want to hop onto ICQ quickly I can.
I'm using Mozilla on this box, but won't dare writting e-mail on it because of my poor spelling.
I of course disagree with every statement you made.
But one thing bothered me the most:
So now you blame the Muslims for enslavement of africans? God, stop categorizing people! First it was the "Big Bad Americans" and now it's the "Big Bad Muslims". The fact is, slavery exists... it does not matter WHO does it, it's still wrong and you should not categorize a group of people by the actions of a FEW.... A VERY FEW... which you have now done.
This is far from the truth. You stated first that there is slavery in Africa. Everyone knows that it's done in the Sudan by Molsems. (not Muslims) Simply look it up, it's common knowledge.
I don't try to put anyone into a group, problems are started with individuals. There are evils that happen from every part of the world, but the subject is here in the USA. We are talking about how the conditions were for African-Americans after slavery, up to the civil-rights era and beyond. You can pick through my words but you can't deny American history.
It's not "everyone's fault". It's some people's fault - but things just need to be fixed. In every other situation we provide support, and here you fight that there is an issue and try to unravel my words to belitte me. Think of all the cultures and nations the US has destroyed or ruined. In most other cases they've acted somewhat responsibly.
Hell, even in the 'South' we helped them out after fighting over the Union. We don't just topple someone and let them go, but this case is more important because the people are citizens.
We've got to do something not fight, and not ignore the fact that yes racism exists and yes we can do something, anything about it.
Like others you fail to realize that your hardware and many of your software players have already paid for the license.
Nullsoft already is paid up, there isn't going to be a per download free, your hardware maker might have already paid for a license or will pay per unit sold.
The only results from this bogus "news" will be opensource or un-licensed players would need to be hosted off-shore. You can't write your own and distribute it where the IP is respected.
Slashdot Mirror
Back a long time ago when we all hung at the mall and ruled the arcade everyone would have their b-day party there and the main machines would be turned to free-play.
It was awsome because we could eat and drink inside the arcade (for once, even though we hung with the workers they enforced this with a passion) and mortal kombat and street fighter after hours, for hours!
the free office suites aren't compatible enough with MS Office, this would drastically impair my ability to get work done.
I would say MS Office isn't compatible with the free offerings. See, MS could bend to work with them since they hold the keys to the castle. Only MS can edit their code. If they could allow importing from OO easily and flawlessly then a mixed environment could work. The standard is published.
Of course this isn't going to happen, but look at it that way.
MS Project, MS Visio, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Macromedia Fireworks.
Project? Get vi or emacs to write your code. There are many GUI "studios" out there though.
Visio? I know there is at least a million attempts to replace this, although I'm not the expert on Visio.
Dreamweaver? Use a text editor. Why make your people suffer with web sites that are 400 times the size they need to be. Generated code is ugly and pokey.
Fireworks? IIRC, Fireworks is basically an image editor correct? Gimp?
The real draw back is this: They are un-American.
The cars of Europe are built for handling and speed. Cars of the USA are built for maxium power from stop light to stop light. Not really a good idea eh?
Think about it: "American Muscle Car" says it all. There is no support behind a EV because you can't street race it, everyone would likely be driving about the same speeds. I mean, it really comes down to your feelings about your cock.
Of the people I know interested in EV's, they are all women. Why is this? I know for a fact because they want something that is practical, easy on emissions and safe. Men want fast, they want to show off and they need that car to show off their status (or their wishful status?).
I've always driven a small car. My first was a Honda Civic. Now I drive my girlfriends Aspire. Sure, the car sucks: But I don't feel ashamed of it because I'm actually smart enough to know the world isn't measured in horsepower. How I do in the sack or at work has nothing to do with what car you show up in.
The EV is unpopular because it's too much like a vehicle and not like a "Carrrrr". Really, this is plain stupid. One of the first posters noted that when he wants to change lanes he wants the thing to go. Well, if most people are driving EV's then you don't have to worry (duh?).
It's really about your cock people, admit it.
Water coming out of the tail pipe isn't that big of a deal!
Oh, well maybe if you live above the Mason-Dixon line it does.
Who wants that on the road when you live in Fargo?
Actually we need Ford's CEO William Clay Ford explain why we should buy his products.
The Ford family which rides that "Made In America" thing until it's old has never really explained why good ol' Henry was such an Anti-American during Dubya Dubya Two.
Are you kidding me?
I'm such a nerd I would drive that damn thing everywhere. In fact there is an ex whose house I would drive by everyday until she noticed.
Then again, I wouldn't drive it to a movie premier. That is almost as bad as wearing that Bobba Fett costume to the movie.
They destroyed my front two tires, brand new and when I left 0 tread was left.
(interesting side note: the Ohio E-Check was lobbied to the state by the company whom owns the facilities. When the state wanted to pull out because of complaints the company pointed out that it would be better if the citizens paid their $20 fees instead of the state paying as the contract demanded millions)
I personally think that something like e-check is a good idea but it's failed for two reasons. One, anyone paying 20 bucks to the attendant can pass; yes bribery. And two; if your car is a pollution machine like no other you eventually become exempt if you show receipts saying that you paid over $2000 (I believe) to try to fix it.
I wish we could fix our pollution problems but those two examples show how politics and money just undercut honest efforts, even if they are only half way honest.
Isn't it just cool that it's been built? Sure it's an Escort under the shell, and you could fix the interior but the guy is just a fiberglass man (remember that).
But this bugged me:
or let the grill roll up when needed ('69 Camaro among others).
Yeah; that is all we need, a land speeder with the right headlight up during the day and the left one up at night.
Crusoe, anyone?
Yes please.
No, actually why not have OSX on Crusoe chips, that would rock. That could be their first step into limited pc markets.
"Also John Carmack is apparently very positive about the chip and also stated that Doom 3 will be able to run smoothly with this new Radeon chip."
Nice, so I can play on my laptop, almost as great as playing a PS2 on a tv from 1950.
It's not really the screen size, some laptops have better sized screens than my desktop, but the angle.
it demonstrates that light travels as waves, until you fire only 1 photon then you prove it travels as particles as well.
Actually, it proves that light travels as either a wave or particle.
It depends on the experiment. An experiment looking for particles will show particles, and waves, waves.
Check out The Copenhagen Interpretation
I love Quantum Theory so much I read the same book three times: In Search of Schrodinger's Cat. Might be out of date, but an easy read for us lay men.
Wasn't there a slashdot article stating that AIDS could go back as far as even the 17th century?
I really hated you before because of your past comments, but this one takes the cake.
Not only is your comment based on religious ideas of morality, not true morality, but you don't understand genetics.
Only through a program of unchecked sexual promiscuity can we try to develop humans who aren't likely going to catch the disease.
Your other posts about Herion "junkies" is funny at best. You even say who cares if a junkie dies. That is the proof that you sir have no morals. Of course, you can't save them all. But to judge someone's character on their lifestyle or vice... wow, that is low.
Drug use is a problem that should be dealt with as a health issue, because it is. You really don't understand the causes of drug use do you? Mental Illness for one. To blame someone for having mental illness is like blaming someone for being diabetic.
From another post you made:
We were supposed to have evolved in the last few million years, it's time to quit acting like monkeys for fucks sake.
But once again you don't understand. We are very much like monkeys. We share 99%+ of the same DNA. We also share about the same amount of behavior. It was once believed that monkeys were punished for their sexual promiscuity and their voices removed. It seems that you also think in the 19th century.
Our closest relatives don't (all) live monogamous lives. The further you get from us relationship wise, the closer you get to monogamous apes and monkeys. Remember we are related to apes not monkeys.
Another comment you posted about the number of sex partners:
someone asks and you have to sit and think about it for 10 minutes before answering, you have a serious problem.
Says who? In fact, the same people who told you this non-sense also gave you "be fruitful and multiply". That is one reason the Catholic church goes against the laws of humanity, they ask for celebacy for their priests and to not use protection or birth control. Abortion (mainly as a birth control device) goes back thousands of years. Something is making me think you simply can't get laid.
Hehe. Those poor people are too poor to not be retarded. Aww. Can't we spend $1500 per month, so that they can live longer and have even more opportunities to infect the few that aren't already showing fullblown AIDS symptoms?
What kind of sick person are you? These people are usually here in the USA; not "over there". We have the responsibility to try to contain the illness right? I mean you act as if the poor don't come into contact with the rich. Like no rich doctor with high morals has never taken advantage of the fact that a mother of three has not enough money to feed her kids. You are one sick bastard who actually deserves to get AIDS. You: "I'm rich and moral, you are poor... You deserve to die"
Give me a goddamn break. You should hear some of the sexual practices these people have.
I guess you are talking about the people of Africa. One practice that you are likely demonizing is the practice of drying of the womans vagina before sex. The reason for this is symbolic to show the woman hasn't committed adultery. This causes bleeding sometimes and people spread HIV because of getting it through other means. Of course you easily demonize their practice... it's not yours. Freedom sucks doesn't it.
We don't need morals to prove it wrong, survival of the fittest is likely to show how good an idea it really is. But no, we'll wait for western science to bail out cultures that don't deserve to survive, and are incapable of finding a cure on their own. And before you go calling me racist, let me assure you that I'm only discriminating against what goes on in their collective heads, not how much pigment is in their skin. Nor would I hold any of them ill will, if by some chance they woke up and had some sense. A racist would continue to try and punish them even after they started behaving, or would overlook that even retards with the same skin color as my own are pulling the same idiotic stunts in my own nation.
Blah blah. You are a racist... or actually ethnocentric. You stated it in plain words. You don't even think these cultures should survive. These are people you are talking about... their people are suffering and all you can say is: They deserve it! Western cultures have destroyed perfectly fine "third world" cultures with their "updated technologies" and the like. Africa may suprise you, the peoples of Africa are the most genetically diverse people on the planet. They are likely going to develop a natural "cure" (impossible? auto immune diseases aren't really "cured") before your pasty ass.
From another poster (in case you missed it):
The roads, the infrastructure is what allowed AIDS to get free wo where ever it was deep in africa. It could have been stopped in amy areas, Africa, SF, AMERICA. but that would have been admitting to problems in our practices or, in the case of Africa, admitting that the rest of the world might have to take into account darkies. that, yes, what happens there can effect the rest of the world.
Yes, it does apply to humans.
I've heard this debated millions of times. But what people fail to realize is that our "understanding" may actually cause us to get our "asses kicked".
There is nothing that will throw us out of the evolutionary loop. In fact, the damage we do to our environment maybe one thing which wipes us out. We can't survive on "understanding" alone.
Maybe you would like to explain how the people of Africa are the most genetically diverse peoples of the planet? Maybe you would like to explain sickle-cell anemia. That is one adaption which, although it causes a trade off, helps save lives. Please tell me how understanding will beat malaria.
See, for example if we killed off "all" the mosquitoes they will only come back because some simply won't die. DDT spraying made the population diminish, but some were not susceptable to the toxin. So in fact, our "understanding" made it worse.
While we try to fight AIDS through education, a mutation would be the only real way to eliminate the threat.
Basically: We have sexual reproduction, we have genes, we do have mutations.
Think about it: Even though some "freaks" reproduce, not all do.
I wonder though which humans they test for genetic variation?
:)
For example, the peoples of Africa are arguably the oldest humans on the Earth sharing the most DNA with our early relatives.
But they are also the most genetically diverse. Many people over look this, and I'd put my money on a favorable mutation against AIDS comming from that part of the world.
Not, of course, because your DNA says "oh AIDS! we must change". But because the selection would go for this type of mutation.
It's a mutation if it's harmful or doesn't do anything, it's a gene if we like it
First of all, we share roughly 97% of our DNS with chimpanzees.
Even though you mean DNA, it's actually 99% (+).
But that only shows a degree of closeness. Of course you know that we are closest to Bonobos and then they are related to Chimps then on down the line. All of these similarities in the DNA only show that we evolved from the same common ancestors. It doesn't mean we evolved from chimps themselves.
But there is something that bothers me about your understanding about genetics. If we assume that everyone was infected with HIV, there is no reason to assume that anyone would be resistant to the disease. There is nothing that guarantees us that our DNA will make a mistake in the reproduction process(es) which will provide an advantage.
The chances of mutation are millions to one. There are so many safeguards in place. There is also very little chance that a mutation will be in our favor. Your DNA has no way of knowning what is coming up next.
But the proliferation of this gene was likely based on the fact that the ones without it died, mixed with the ideas of genetic drift and etc. There isn't really a chance that we also have this gene just because they do. If that were the case we would have found this years ago.
I like the one my mom has on her truck.
Southern Flag, with a line through it.
Reads: "You Lost, Get Over It"
AIM/ICQ Built In
Spell Checker
Stability
Mozilla is great (i'm using it now) but on my XP machine NS7 wins because it never crases, I can open millions of tabs and if I want to hop onto ICQ quickly I can.
I'm using Mozilla on this box, but won't dare writting e-mail on it because of my poor spelling.
Although I wonder, can I install Pie Menus?
Yeah, invasion of privacy?
Maybe he shouldn't have turned off those warnings that say anything sent in plain text through forms can be read by basically anyone.
As soon as you hit "Search" or "Submit" it's over.
Ever watched the Wizard of Oz and listened to Dark Side of The Moon?
;-)
Just synch the too up before you drop
I of course disagree with every statement you made.
But one thing bothered me the most:
So now you blame the Muslims for enslavement of africans? God, stop categorizing people! First it was the "Big Bad Americans" and now it's the "Big Bad Muslims". The fact is, slavery exists... it does not matter WHO does it, it's still wrong and you should not categorize a group of people by the actions of a FEW.... A VERY FEW... which you have now done.
This is far from the truth. You stated first that there is slavery in Africa. Everyone knows that it's done in the Sudan by Molsems. (not Muslims) Simply look it up, it's common knowledge.
I don't try to put anyone into a group, problems are started with individuals. There are evils that happen from every part of the world, but the subject is here in the USA. We are talking about how the conditions were for African-Americans after slavery, up to the civil-rights era and beyond. You can pick through my words but you can't deny American history.
It's not "everyone's fault". It's some people's fault - but things just need to be fixed. In every other situation we provide support, and here you fight that there is an issue and try to unravel my words to belitte me. Think of all the cultures and nations the US has destroyed or ruined. In most other cases they've acted somewhat responsibly.
Hell, even in the 'South' we helped them out after fighting over the Union. We don't just topple someone and let them go, but this case is more important because the people are citizens.
We've got to do something not fight, and not ignore the fact that yes racism exists and yes we can do something, anything about it.
Can we just delete this whole news article?
Or moderate this posts as +5 Dumb, Redundant?
Winamp (Nullsoft) already paid for the license. They want mindshare, they don't want to collect per client.
Many clients have already paid because this isn't news.
You are so dumb.
Like others you fail to realize that your hardware and many of your software players have already paid for the license.
Nullsoft already is paid up, there isn't going to be a per download free, your hardware maker might have already paid for a license or will pay per unit sold.
The only results from this bogus "news" will be opensource or un-licensed players would need to be hosted off-shore. You can't write your own and distribute it where the IP is respected.
ABCDE.
Re-encode your CD's with A Better CD Encoder.