I love space/universe shows on Discovery and the like, watch it all any chance I get. But I don't know as much as the next guy because I didn't have any 'formal' space nerd training.
Why do I write? Read the quote below.
For decades, astronomy textbooks have insisted that the Earth will be engulfed in an inferno billions of years from now as the sun burns up its nuclear fuel and swells to become a gigantic red star.
You mean this is actually in the texts? I understand why someone would want to check and make sure that the earth isn't going to be burnt up in a nuclear inferno when they leave for work. Hell, check to see if we should celebrate New Years.
But when you are sitting there doing all that astronomical math, and you notice the number is higher than 10,000, why don't you just quit?
It's not about tolerence. It's about dogma [doctrine].
Chrisitanity is viewed as paganist by Jews. We are tolerant, but we don't think they are right.
The people didn't attack 'witches'. They protested to show they were against Harry Potter, what it stood for and the fact that millions of people are behind it.
I think you confused tolerance with a general disagreement of their ideas.
Windows of all versions [yes XP and 2000] have problems. One could say it's the closed source-we can't fix it-we have to wait till they do- aspect. One could also say there is certain things MS can't predict. Windows is used by so many types of users doing so many types of things [usually all at once after '95].
For me my current XP woes is that it likes to kill my VNC clients, USB devices die on their own, and it still doesn't always shut down.
But we were talking about Dave Barry. He does know things about computers. If you'd remember [or scroll up] you'd know he wrote a book called Dave Barry In Cyberspace.
Now, he may not be as skilled as the/. crowd, AC's not included, but he is a normal user. But I believe he is a Mac loverrr, ah enthusiast.
He's on point I believe. Nothing in that article hasn't happened to other Windows users.
At least he doesn't think that the 'Illegal Operation' error is somehow connected to the police. [my grandma STILL thinks the website she's viewing is illegal. I've tried to explain it. "Yahoo? How can it be illegal to check stocks on Yahoo?"]
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But I doubt that these religions who denounce witchcraft or other forms of earth worship will be swayed by LoTR.
I mean... didn't you see the Harry Potter book burning? That act was symbolic to the fact that the big three don't accept witchcraft in anyway.
They had every right, and I actually applaud them for standing up to the pop culture to show their beliefs. That's what makes this country great - not only can we do these things - sometimes people get the balls to do it.
But the fanboys don't help. Some smaller shops don't take cash for shelf space. They put the games up that sell AND games that they think will sell.
SEGA is a big console name, although since Sony is a bigger name overall people were more willing to bet on PSX.
Let's not mention the fact stores were afraid to carry SEGA products after a few failed attempts. N64 didn't do to well, so expect retailers to be if'y on carrying Game Cubes by the thousands.
The genre, already succesful on the PC, has yet to be tested on a console audience, but that is exactly what Square are planning with the groundbreaking release of Final Fantasy XI later this year on PS2."
What about the DC online games? There is Quake3, Unreal Tournament, hell even Chu Chu rocket. What about Phantasy Star Online?
The DC online games are great. Worms, WSB2K2, there is plenty. It was fun too!
Basically, Squaresoft isn't going to be the first to test this.
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Christians fight everyday to rip people of their history and identity. Just as Communism does.
Communism doesn't promote atheism. It relies on it's populace to put the state before religion. In a true communist nation religion isn't needed what so ever. The state provides all, not god. You can't have sects in a communist state as that breaks the chain. Communism doesn't teach no god... it teachs state only!
Tibet: Tibet wants to be a religious state on it's own! It's not a matter of religions, it's a question of freedom to believe what they want AND they want to split from China!
Christians will convert anyone. It's a Romanized version of Judaism, what do you expect?
A chair stands on four legs. Knock out one... and the chair begins to wobble.
That is how debate works. You chip away.
Plus I have a general distaste for Christians who go into Afghanistan or the like just to convert peoples. If they are helping, that's great. But you aren't supposed to steal their identity away from them.
I usually don't get into things that don't go into my PC case. To me these things are all extras. I could care less if I use a TV as a monitor.
But, can we expect cheaper monitors out of this deal? For many of us a good LCD isn't an answer. And if you want a 17 or 19 inch LCD - you better sell your PC!
Maybe when my Proview [ouch!] dies I'll be able to get a 'cool' looking Cold CRT?
I think the problem is that things AREN'T getting fixed.
I guess we expect some problems with these little PCs. My friend had to send his PSX to Nippon because it wouldn't work on Zenith {US} TVs. A console isn't as simple as we all think they are.
But still, I know that I'm M$ bashing. I can't help it. Windows advocates always point to Microsoft's customer support as a huge issue over other, well, free operating systems.
Don't forget the other thing that killed the DC: PSX.
PSX was out for a while, and the library of games reached about a million it seems when the DC was starting out. It wasn't that the games were great - many sucked! Even good games sucked, like Quake II.
PSX, from what I saw got all the shelf space [you DO need to pay for that] at major retailers, game 'shops' pushed PSX because they had so many games and their general love of Sony.
Even now I can see the PS2 killing Xbox and GC. Not because it's better or the games are greater or anything along those lines. It's marketing! When Wal-Mart dedicates 2/3rds of it's games case to Sony games, Sony will win.
When you walk into Funco Land and ask about that new GC and they laugh, point and yell saying you should get the PS2 - you might think twice.
The fall of the DC were two fold: Sony Fanboys, and No product exposure.
[in fact, I'm seeing more Sega commercials now than ever. If they would've kept making the broadband adapter, and going after those online sports games like World Series Baseball 2K1 etc - they wouldn't have had to go to software only business.]
Why is is there are more viruses for MS platforms than Linux platforms?
Because there is a market for Anti-Virus software for windows! If there were virii for linux boxen then the anti-virus software would be likely opensource [or GPL]. No market.
Just think, a design flaw of windows makes the anti-virus people $70 a sale. If microsoft was going to bundle anything, it should be an anti-virus utility.
XP got onto the right track with copying linux's multiple user accounts - hopefully they will start to restrict the users more.
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Wow, someone must have been very nice this past year.
M$ will be punished ah, well... I'm guessing it will be cold and rather not to hot.
"Earth, what a tan!"
{this below a picture of George Hamilton}
I like this picture or this one.
I love space/universe shows on Discovery and the like, watch it all any chance I get. But I don't know as much as the next guy because I didn't have any 'formal' space nerd training.
Why do I write? Read the quote below.
For decades, astronomy textbooks have insisted that the Earth will be engulfed in an inferno billions of years from now as the sun burns up its nuclear fuel and swells to become a gigantic red star.
You mean this is actually in the texts? I understand why someone would want to check and make sure that the earth isn't going to be burnt up in a nuclear inferno when they leave for work. Hell, check to see if we should celebrate New Years.
But when you are sitting there doing all that astronomical math, and you notice the number is higher than 10,000, why don't you just quit?
Leave the math for later generations.
No, i meant i heard that apple is going to start using Intel chips.
It's a stupid rumor that comes up everytime apple is in the news for something.
Yes!
But I heard they were going to only make MacOS for Intel [x86] chipsets.
Actually I heard it first... um about 7 years ago.
I don't seem to be seeing the pictures. If you are talking about the cover page of Time - it's not big enough.
I want 1024x768 resolution pictures of this thing inside and out. I guess I'll have to wait for the manual.
I don't know why SEGA didn't contract the work out to build [and sell] the Broadband adapter.
The 56K modem was actually a hit, with everyone I've asked. The DC could be fitted with a small drive to cache pages and BAM!... it's a webTV!
Hell, if they were still going for $60 bucks I'd get one now. I hate sitting at this desk.
Cool, do you use a telepathic intereface into your box instead of a keyboard and/or a mouse?
No, but I'd use a mouse I found in the garbage if I found one.
Just to add:
It's not Christians who are intolerant of others. It's white people. They just happen to be Christians.
It's not about tolerence. It's about dogma [doctrine].
Chrisitanity is viewed as paganist by Jews. We are tolerant, but we don't think they are right.
The people didn't attack 'witches'. They protested to show they were against Harry Potter, what it stood for and the fact that millions of people are behind it.
I think you confused tolerance with a general disagreement of their ideas.
No one got killed.
Because! They know what questions to ask and how.
MCSE: So it's the registry huh?
Tech: Yeah, it's fucked.
MCSE: [to Dave] We need to go get XP.
Dave: Why?
MCSE: [to Tech] What did you say the problem was?
Tech: You don't have XP
MCSE: Ok.
MCSE: [to Dave] Ummm, yeah. XP supports your old hardware better. And it never crashes.
Tech: Hey! Don't say never. We never say never at Microsoft. The term is 'more stable'.
MCSE: [to Dave] XP is a more stable OS.
Dave: So it won't crash?
MCSE: [to Tech] What do I tell him?
No, it is that bad.
/. crowd, AC's not included, but he is a normal user. But I believe he is a Mac loverrr, ah enthusiast.
Windows of all versions [yes XP and 2000] have problems. One could say it's the closed source-we can't fix it-we have to wait till they do- aspect. One could also say there is certain things MS can't predict. Windows is used by so many types of users doing so many types of things [usually all at once after '95].
For me my current XP woes is that it likes to kill my VNC clients, USB devices die on their own, and it still doesn't always shut down.
But we were talking about Dave Barry. He does know things about computers. If you'd remember [or scroll up] you'd know he wrote a book called Dave Barry In Cyberspace.
Now, he may not be as skilled as the
He's on point I believe. Nothing in that article hasn't happened to other Windows users.
At least he doesn't think that the 'Illegal Operation' error is somehow connected to the police. [my grandma STILL thinks the website she's viewing is illegal. I've tried to explain it. "Yahoo? How can it be illegal to check stocks on Yahoo?"]
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I know this is a troll.
But I doubt that these religions who denounce witchcraft or other forms of earth worship will be swayed by LoTR.
I mean... didn't you see the Harry Potter book burning? That act was symbolic to the fact that the big three don't accept witchcraft in anyway.
They had every right, and I actually applaud them for standing up to the pop culture to show their beliefs. That's what makes this country great - not only can we do these things - sometimes people get the balls to do it.
Exactly my point.
But the fanboys don't help. Some smaller shops don't take cash for shelf space. They put the games up that sell AND games that they think will sell.
SEGA is a big console name, although since Sony is a bigger name overall people were more willing to bet on PSX.
Let's not mention the fact stores were afraid to carry SEGA products after a few failed attempts. N64 didn't do to well, so expect retailers to be if'y on carrying Game Cubes by the thousands.
The genre, already succesful on the PC, has yet to be tested on a console audience, but that is exactly what Square are planning with the groundbreaking release of Final Fantasy XI later this year on PS2."
What about the DC online games? There is Quake3, Unreal Tournament, hell even Chu Chu rocket. What about Phantasy Star Online?
The DC online games are great. Worms, WSB2K2, there is plenty. It was fun too!
Basically, Squaresoft isn't going to be the first to test this.
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I think you are confused.
We are talking about China... not the US!
Chinese can do what they want. You on the other hand have no issue.
The people who want to free Mumia Abu-Jamal however are the same people who want to 'free' China.
The facts:
Christians fight everyday to rip people of their history and identity. Just as Communism does.
Communism doesn't promote atheism. It relies on it's populace to put the state before religion. In a true communist nation religion isn't needed what so ever. The state provides all, not god. You can't have sects in a communist state as that breaks the chain. Communism doesn't teach no god... it teachs state only!
Tibet: Tibet wants to be a religious state on it's own! It's not a matter of religions, it's a question of freedom to believe what they want AND they want to split from China!
Christians will convert anyone. It's a Romanized version of Judaism, what do you expect?
A chair stands on four legs. Knock out one... and the chair begins to wobble.
That is how debate works. You chip away.
Plus I have a general distaste for Christians who go into Afghanistan or the like just to convert peoples. If they are helping, that's great. But you aren't supposed to steal their identity away from them.
I had to try!
I just don't like the debate that Communism must fall so missionaries can file in and covert the masses.
You passed the test!
[if you notice though,Christian are the biggest fighters of Communism, while it's closer to the true belief than other forms of gov't.]
I usually don't get into things that don't go into my PC case. To me these things are all extras. I could care less if I use a TV as a monitor.
But, can we expect cheaper monitors out of this deal? For many of us a good LCD isn't an answer. And if you want a 17 or 19 inch LCD - you better sell your PC!
Maybe when my Proview [ouch!] dies I'll be able to get a 'cool' looking Cold CRT?
Let's hear from the experts.
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I think the problem is that things AREN'T getting fixed.
I guess we expect some problems with these little PCs. My friend had to send his PSX to Nippon because it wouldn't work on Zenith {US} TVs. A console isn't as simple as we all think they are.
But still, I know that I'm M$ bashing. I can't help it. Windows advocates always point to Microsoft's customer support as a huge issue over other, well, free operating systems.
Sometimes software has bugs too.
Yes, and sometimes the company ignores it.
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I already posted another response, but what competition from Nintendo?
They seemed to die off first.
Don't forget the other thing that killed the DC: PSX.
PSX was out for a while, and the library of games reached about a million it seems when the DC was starting out. It wasn't that the games were great - many sucked! Even good games sucked, like Quake II.
PSX, from what I saw got all the shelf space [you DO need to pay for that] at major retailers, game 'shops' pushed PSX because they had so many games and their general love of Sony.
Even now I can see the PS2 killing Xbox and GC. Not because it's better or the games are greater or anything along those lines. It's marketing! When Wal-Mart dedicates 2/3rds of it's games case to Sony games, Sony will win.
When you walk into Funco Land and ask about that new GC and they laugh, point and yell saying you should get the PS2 - you might think twice.
The fall of the DC were two fold: Sony Fanboys, and No product exposure.
[in fact, I'm seeing more Sega commercials now than ever. If they would've kept making the broadband adapter, and going after those online sports games like World Series Baseball 2K1 etc - they wouldn't have had to go to software only business.]
Why is is there are more viruses for MS platforms than Linux platforms?
Because there is a market for Anti-Virus software for windows! If there were virii for linux boxen then the anti-virus software would be likely opensource [or GPL]. No market.
Just think, a design flaw of windows makes the anti-virus people $70 a sale. If microsoft was going to bundle anything, it should be an anti-virus utility.
XP got onto the right track with copying linux's multiple user accounts - hopefully they will start to restrict the users more.