dude, sb1394 is real firewire, except it can't power devices. So this thing'll hook up to any workin 1394 connection you may have. Just don't plan on recharging devices with sb1394.
Re:My wife uses KDE and likes it..
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The problem with Linux on the desktop isn't that people like your wife can't use it, it's whether she can set it up on her own and maintain it.
I have difficulty maintaining it (takes loads of time) and I have been using it for almost seven years.
Re:Best video game movie ever?
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Cind Crawford graduated first in her class in high school and received an academic scholarship to study chemical engineerin at Northwestern University. It doesn't make her a genius, but she's probably pretty smart. And, for what it's worth, she may not be the smartest super model. I can't think of anyone else, however.
Bottom line, the smartest supermodel of all time is pretty smart. So you're metaphor may be a little mischosen.
By the by, don't believe me, goodle is your friend
If you're company intends to be an ongoing business they must retain a law firm. This is a question for Ask Lawyer, not Ask Slashdot.
Not that I'm trying to be a jerk or anything. I just don't think when you are dragged in to court that having asked the slashdot crowd what to do will be of much help to you.
The fact that you say "Give them back their land" shows that you should do some more research before recommending foreign policy. It never was the palestinian's lands. "palestine" was under british mandate before the Israel was lawfully formed. And if you did some research you might be surprised to learn that Baron Rothschild (the french wine baron) purchased much of the land and donated it to the Jewish people. As for the Palestinians getting money made from the land, how do you propose this to happen? Do you think it's sitting in a vault somewhere?:
As for biased media, Palestinians who bomb marketplaces are terrorists. Israelis who bomb terrorists are not. Same there as it is everywhere. There have been times in the past where Israel has targeted civilians, and it's not condoneable (sic?) but the Palestinians primarily target civilians.
There's actually a case (I don't have a link to it) that says that if officials say "no comment" and they are in negotiations, it's a misrepresentation. How 'bout that!
Public companies can't lie or make any misrepresentations when dealing with questions from investors (or the press). This makes coverups very difficult because they could result in very expensive lawsuits. If they deny that they are in negotiations, and they are, then they are liable under Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act.
And for the record, IAAL.
Sony has a portable cd/mp3 player.
So while open standards mean nothing to businesses, being able to push units that capitalize on these standards does.
And for what it's worth, MP3 isn't the most open standard out there. Although everyone here already knows that.
Thanks for giving us something to go on. Just because you program doesn't justify your statement. I don't develop anymore. Doesn't qualify me to assume that that means that most slashdotters don't develop, however. Looking through past polls makes me think the number of IT workers is high. Don't know how many people develop though.
Almost everyone who uses linux is on the web, but what proportion of windows users are? I'd say about half. It doesn't appear that that was taken into account. So even if the distribution of web sites favors windows users, the fact that many windows users don't use the web skews the results the other way.
True. The "doing something wrong" is using RH7.2 out of the box. I'm guessing that this is a combo software hardware problem. I am using pretty good hardware though. UW SCSI, IBM 10k rpm Ultrastar.
The thing is, Win2k works out of the box?
2 things
1. Performance
Windows is faster. I run win2k on my Athlon 700 and it runs like a dream, speed wise. Feels fast for desktop duty, not as fast as BeOS, but fast enough to discourage me from upgrading my hardware. I don't play games, though.
I dual boot RH7.2. It's really slow. I know that I could pare down the install and get a fast version of linux on there. But come on, people who think Linux will catch on should understand that a lot of the new stuff out there is slow. Really slow. I can't imagine running the default RH7 install on a pentium II or less. I think the performance aspect of Linux is currently overblown on the desktop. On the server, I have no doubt Linux does great.
2. Stability
Win2k doesn't crash. I have crappy hardware and my RH7.2 goes down occasionally. Even though I run ext3 I often must fsck when it comes back up. And a lot of the files get corrupted so I constantly have to replace lost system files.
People can say what they want about my sys admin abilities, I'd say I'm above average and have a pretty good background.
Final note: I'm not complaining. I think Linux is just fine. But let's be realistic as a community. I've been using Linux for 5 years now and the closer it gets to becoming a solid desktop system the more it picks up the disadvantages of Win3.1. People may want to knock me personally, but I am a tad more experienced than the average desktop user, and there is a great deal to go before the average user should even think about playing with linux. I like to tool around with it, but it's certainly not ready for most people I know. Probably including myself. For those who wan't to tinker with their system and continuously upgrade software, go ahead.
I graduated with a degree in EECS from Berkeley in '98. Never owned a computer. Never tried to install a hard drive. Really not that important, unless you care about that sort of thing or you are a IT Wank. And by the way, I did quite fine in school without ever opening my hardware. One thing has nothing to do with the other.
I was just a CS undergrad at UC Berkeley. The year was '96. Netscape dominated the market. Eric Brewer (founder of Inktomi) and his group of grad students continually found security flaws in Netscape. They received a lot of press. Netscape looked bad.
It's no different with IE now. It's possible that Mozilla really is less flawed than IE, but I guar-an-tee that if it had 85% of the market, we'd be hearing about security problems all the time. I'm not a MS apologist, I just want to shed some light.
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I was just giving another example. RH6.2 on my computer was faster than Win98SE. I recently wiped everything and went Win2k, RH7.2 without changing any hardware.
Everyone who wants to see Linux succeed on the desktop (including myself) needs to recognize that all those bad words people hurl at MS won't change the fact that Linux + XF4.0 runs significantly slower on the same hardware.
A lot of the advantages of Linux on the desktop start to disappear when you realize that it takes a lot of power to run it. It's not agonizingly slow on my computer, but it's pretty frustrating. Especially when Win2k just hums along on a slower disk with an "inferior" interface.
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You're absolutely right. I recently did a clean install of RH7.2 on my Athlon 700 and it runs significantly slower than Win2k on the same machine. And to rub it in even more, I'm letting Linux run on a 10000RPM IBM UWSCSI drive while Win2k is relegated to a 5400RPM IDE drive that isn't even working in DMA because of driver issues.
I've been using linux since '95 and I am amazed at the fact that it runs so slowly now. I'm sure there are things I could do to speed it up. But that won't change the fact that Win2k smokes it on lesser hardware. Woe is me. I wish things were different.
1. Doesn't go up stairs
Sixty pounds is too heavy for my mom to carry up a flight of stairs.
2. Not Hands Free
How do I hold my bags when I am using my hands to work this thing.
3. What happens when my stupid roommate forgets to charge his and runs out of juice on the street?
He's got to drag the damn thing around all day until he can charge it.
4. Can I Take it into a crowded bar?
If I can't it's no good to me.
Clearly not a lawyer. Most tech guys have a pretty weak understanding of what lawyers do.
Believe it or not Lawyers don't just blindly copy things from one place to another. As a lawyer and a programmer, I can value the efficiency in object oriented programming because it saves you from having to do the same thing over and over again. Legal work is very similar. Often times you can use things you've already done instead of starting from scratch.
At the same time, this does not mean that some first year at Apple's law firm is some Lionel Hutz throwing in language that sounds good.
Maybe you should hold back on imputing things to people you've never met. Or maybe you would just like to capitalize on anti lawyer sentiment. Either way, it's a pretty weak basis for an opinion.
That's being nitpicky. 10 units is not a large enough sample to get an estimate. Would you say 44% if it was 4 or 9. I think 50/50 is a pretty good figure given what he's seen.
More power to you. Camping out seems like a great way to earn $30. And you do make a good point about those brats who need the latest and greatest, whereas your desire to buy a GF3 or Radeon clearly is driven by necessity.
Scalpers are bad.
I recently came back from a visit in Central Europe. Along the way I spent some time in Slovenia. It's ironic that the government is so wired, because it's near impossible to find a computer with internet access in the capital, Ljubljana.
Everyone I asked knew of only one computer and it was in the hotel. It's amazing how many people relied on one computer for their internet usage. I guess it's possible that everyone has internet at home and there is little need for internet cafes.
I have been in some out of the way places where it's been a lot easier to get online. Go figure.
Just? That seems like a prohibitively difficult
thing to do. Not to be a jerk, but why don't you
just give your computer to a friend, and ask him
to do your work for him.
I thought their tips were useful. Sure there are
other things to do. Labtops are quiet.
To each his own. But seriously, how do you use
external drives if your computer is in the other room?
As a side note, IBM used to have a two part aptiva, with all the removable drives separated from the main unit. Pretty nifty.
You really think most./ers have a few hundred burned cd's. Come on now. I have a burner and I frequently use it to make music cds. But I buy only in packs of 20. I think the number of people in the aforementioned survey who traffic in home made cd's is significant but not anywhere near a majority. I bet the average slashdotter has less than 25.
Maybe a good followup poll would be "How many Burned musical CD's do you own?"
AOL doesn't own napster, does it? I think you are referring to Gnutella, which is entirely unrelated, although functionally similar. And also note that AOL has temporarily killed Gnutella because of its ability to undermine all that Time Warner stands for.
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dude, sb1394 is real firewire, except it can't power devices. So this thing'll hook up to any workin 1394 connection you may have. Just don't plan on recharging devices with sb1394.
The problem with Linux on the desktop isn't that people like your wife can't use it, it's whether she can set it up on her own and maintain it.
I have difficulty maintaining it (takes loads of time) and I have been using it for almost seven years.
Bottom line, the smartest supermodel of all time is pretty smart. So you're metaphor may be a little mischosen.
By the by, don't believe me, goodle is your friend
Why bother with the line editor when you can write: /etc/hosts"
echo "127.0.0.1 www.netscape.com >>
The only reason to use cat is if you're too fuckwitted to learn how to use a real editor.
And by the way, tolerance pays off.
If you're company intends to be an ongoing business they must retain a law firm. This is a question for Ask Lawyer, not Ask Slashdot.
Not that I'm trying to be a jerk or anything. I just don't think when you are dragged in to court that having asked the slashdot crowd what to do will be of much help to you.
The fact that you say "Give them back their land" shows that you should do some more research before recommending foreign policy. It never was the palestinian's lands. "palestine" was under british mandate before the Israel was lawfully formed. And if you did some research you might be surprised to learn that Baron Rothschild (the french wine baron) purchased much of the land and donated it to the Jewish people. As for the Palestinians getting money made from the land, how do you propose this to happen? Do you think it's sitting in a vault somewhere?:
As for biased media, Palestinians who bomb marketplaces are terrorists. Israelis who bomb terrorists are not. Same there as it is everywhere. There have been times in the past where Israel has targeted civilians, and it's not condoneable (sic?) but the Palestinians primarily target civilians.
There's actually a case (I don't have a link to it) that says that if officials say "no comment" and they are in negotiations, it's a misrepresentation. How 'bout that!
Public companies can't lie or make any misrepresentations when dealing with questions from investors (or the press). This makes coverups very difficult because they could result in very expensive lawsuits. If they deny that they are in negotiations, and they are, then they are liable under Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act. And for the record, IAAL.
Sony has a portable cd/mp3 player. So while open standards mean nothing to businesses, being able to push units that capitalize on these standards does. And for what it's worth, MP3 isn't the most open standard out there. Although everyone here already knows that.
Thanks for giving us something to go on. Just because you program doesn't justify your statement. I don't develop anymore. Doesn't qualify me to assume that that means that most slashdotters don't develop, however. Looking through past polls makes me think the number of IT workers is high. Don't know how many people develop though.
Almost everyone who uses linux is on the web, but what proportion of windows users are? I'd say about half. It doesn't appear that that was taken into account. So even if the distribution of web sites favors windows users, the fact that many windows users don't use the web skews the results the other way.
True. The "doing something wrong" is using RH7.2 out of the box. I'm guessing that this is a combo software hardware problem. I am using pretty good hardware though. UW SCSI, IBM 10k rpm Ultrastar.
The thing is, Win2k works out of the box?
2 things
1. Performance
Windows is faster. I run win2k on my Athlon 700 and it runs like a dream, speed wise. Feels fast for desktop duty, not as fast as BeOS, but fast enough to discourage me from upgrading my hardware. I don't play games, though.
I dual boot RH7.2. It's really slow. I know that I could pare down the install and get a fast version of linux on there. But come on, people who think Linux will catch on should understand that a lot of the new stuff out there is slow. Really slow. I can't imagine running the default RH7 install on a pentium II or less. I think the performance aspect of Linux is currently overblown on the desktop. On the server, I have no doubt Linux does great.
2. Stability
Win2k doesn't crash. I have crappy hardware and my RH7.2 goes down occasionally. Even though I run ext3 I often must fsck when it comes back up. And a lot of the files get corrupted so I constantly have to replace lost system files.
People can say what they want about my sys admin abilities, I'd say I'm above average and have a pretty good background.
Final note: I'm not complaining. I think Linux is just fine. But let's be realistic as a community. I've been using Linux for 5 years now and the closer it gets to becoming a solid desktop system the more it picks up the disadvantages of Win3.1. People may want to knock me personally, but I am a tad more experienced than the average desktop user, and there is a great deal to go before the average user should even think about playing with linux. I like to tool around with it, but it's certainly not ready for most people I know. Probably including myself. For those who wan't to tinker with their system and continuously upgrade software, go ahead.
I graduated with a degree in EECS from Berkeley in '98. Never owned a computer. Never tried to install a hard drive. Really not that important, unless you care about that sort of thing or you are a IT Wank. And by the way, I did quite fine in school without ever opening my hardware. One thing has nothing to do with the other.
I was just a CS undergrad at UC Berkeley. The year was '96. Netscape dominated the market. Eric Brewer (founder of Inktomi) and his group of grad students continually found security flaws in Netscape. They received a lot of press. Netscape looked bad.
It's no different with IE now. It's possible that Mozilla really is less flawed than IE, but I guar-an-tee that if it had 85% of the market, we'd be hearing about security problems all the time. I'm not a MS apologist, I just want to shed some light.
I was just giving another example. RH6.2 on my computer was faster than Win98SE. I recently wiped everything and went Win2k, RH7.2 without changing any hardware.
Everyone who wants to see Linux succeed on the desktop (including myself) needs to recognize that all those bad words people hurl at MS won't change the fact that Linux + XF4.0 runs significantly slower on the same hardware.
A lot of the advantages of Linux on the desktop start to disappear when you realize that it takes a lot of power to run it. It's not agonizingly slow on my computer, but it's pretty frustrating. Especially when Win2k just hums along on a slower disk with an "inferior" interface.
You're absolutely right. I recently did a clean install of RH7.2 on my Athlon 700 and it runs significantly slower than Win2k on the same machine. And to rub it in even more, I'm letting Linux run on a 10000RPM IBM UWSCSI drive while Win2k is relegated to a 5400RPM IDE drive that isn't even working in DMA because of driver issues.
I've been using linux since '95 and I am amazed at the fact that it runs so slowly now. I'm sure there are things I could do to speed it up. But that won't change the fact that Win2k smokes it on lesser hardware. Woe is me. I wish things were different.
1. Doesn't go up stairs
Sixty pounds is too heavy for my mom to carry up a flight of stairs.
2. Not Hands Free
How do I hold my bags when I am using my hands to work this thing.
3. What happens when my stupid roommate forgets to charge his and runs out of juice on the street?
He's got to drag the damn thing around all day until he can charge it.
4. Can I Take it into a crowded bar?
If I can't it's no good to me.
Clearly not a lawyer. Most tech guys have a pretty weak understanding of what lawyers do.
Believe it or not Lawyers don't just blindly copy things from one place to another. As a lawyer and a programmer, I can value the efficiency in object oriented programming because it saves you from having to do the same thing over and over again. Legal work is very similar. Often times you can use things you've already done instead of starting from scratch.
At the same time, this does not mean that some first year at Apple's law firm is some Lionel Hutz throwing in language that sounds good.
Maybe you should hold back on imputing things to people you've never met. Or maybe you would just like to capitalize on anti lawyer sentiment. Either way, it's a pretty weak basis for an opinion.
That's being nitpicky. 10 units is not a large enough sample to get an estimate. Would you say 44% if it was 4 or 9. I think 50/50 is a pretty good figure given what he's seen.
More power to you. Camping out seems like a great way to earn $30. And you do make a good point about those brats who need the latest and greatest, whereas your desire to buy a GF3 or Radeon clearly is driven by necessity.
Scalpers are bad.
I recently came back from a visit in Central Europe. Along the way I spent some time in Slovenia. It's ironic that the government is so wired, because it's near impossible to find a computer with internet access in the capital, Ljubljana.
Everyone I asked knew of only one computer and it was in the hotel. It's amazing how many people relied on one computer for their internet usage. I guess it's possible that everyone has internet at home and there is little need for internet cafes.
I have been in some out of the way places where it's been a lot easier to get online. Go figure.
Just? That seems like a prohibitively difficult
thing to do. Not to be a jerk, but why don't you
just give your computer to a friend, and ask him
to do your work for him.
I thought their tips were useful. Sure there are
other things to do. Labtops are quiet.
To each his own. But seriously, how do you use
external drives if your computer is in the other room?
As a side note, IBM used to have a two part aptiva, with all the removable drives separated from the main unit. Pretty nifty.
You really think most ./ers have a few hundred burned cd's. Come on now. I have a burner and I frequently use it to make music cds. But I buy only in packs of 20. I think the number of people in the aforementioned survey who traffic in home made cd's is significant but not anywhere near a majority. I bet the average slashdotter has less than 25.
Maybe a good followup poll would be
"How many Burned musical CD's do you own?"
AOL doesn't own napster, does it? I think you are referring to Gnutella, which is entirely unrelated, although functionally similar. And also note that AOL has temporarily killed Gnutella because of its ability to undermine all that Time Warner stands for.