Gag/retch. I had a Casio WinCE PDA with the chicklet keyboard about a year ago. It wasn't small enough to be portable, and wasn't useful as a laptop. That, and double-tapping icons and dragging/dropping things with a plastic stylus is not what I call a usable user interface. The keys on the keyboard are so small you can only type with 2-3 fingers at a time. Just horrid.
By contrast, I've had my Palm IIIx for 4 days. It took me about 5 minutes to learn the arcane letter strokes, and now I can scribble on that thing as fast as I can write.
And it runs Linux! (Well, maybe. Soon. I hope.)
-- As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
The memory upgrade is nice, but can you also make one of those memory boards the uCLinux folks put together that are needed to support memory management and a linux kernel?
-- As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Heh. A cow-orker went to a VB development conference where a 3rd party vendor had come up with a way to remove clippy permanently. He got a standing ovation from the other developers.:-)
-- As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
The issue (AFAIK) has always been civil rights, and the government's reflexive and irrational fear of crackers; not that Mitnick was ever some sort of 3l337 H4x0r.
-- As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Apple behaves like just another (failed) Microsoft, yet around here we treat them as if they were brothers or something. M$ - Closed proprietary software Apple - Closed proprietary hardware AND software.
-- As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Suuure. Sorry intel, I heard that one already. Wasn't that the justification for the anti-OC'ing BX chipset? That said, can some enterprising individual come up with a way to block Intel's overclocker-scanning software?
-- As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Could someone please do something about the dreadful state of Japanese/Chinese/Korean input systems under Linux? Building it right into X would be ideal. I hate to say it, but Microsoft's IME is comparatively a pretty swank product.
-- As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
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I had a Casio WinCE PDA with the chicklet keyboard about a year ago. It wasn't small enough to be portable, and wasn't useful as a laptop. That, and double-tapping icons and dragging/dropping things with a plastic stylus is not what I call a usable user interface. The keys on the keyboard are so small you can only type with 2-3 fingers at a time. Just horrid.
By contrast, I've had my Palm IIIx for 4 days. It took me about 5 minutes to learn the arcane letter strokes, and now I can scribble on that thing as fast as I can write.
And it runs Linux! (Well, maybe. Soon. I hope.)
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
The memory upgrade is nice, but can you also make one of those memory boards the uCLinux folks put together that are needed to support memory management and a linux kernel?
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Anyone with more legal knowledge than me want to try this?
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
1. Start reading a paragraph,
2. Get lost in thought thinking about what you read.
3. Reread the paragraph because you were daydreaming.
I tell you, it's slow going, but my comprehension is double to triple.
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...only comes with the East Asian office versions. It's a very curvy redheaded office lady (OL) who bows to you. Very pleasant to look at.
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Mm-hm. Advocating freedom limits your choice to not be free?
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Well gee.
MS has closed software, can't stand competition, is overpriced, and likes to bump off rivals.
Apple has closed hardware AND software, can't stand competition, is grossly overpriced, and likes to bump off rivals.
(Here I'm thinking specifically of QTW, the killing of the Mac clone market, and Apple's refusal to cooperate with the BeOS people)
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Beer has been open-source for millennia.
Grow grain
Malt grain
Ferment malted grain.
Beer takes a bit longer to compile than most software, but well worth it!
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Yes, there's the option to not install him, but that doesn't mean he doesn't get installed anyway :)
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Heh. A cow-orker went to a VB development conference where a 3rd party vendor had come up with a way to remove clippy permanently. He got a standing ovation from the other developers. :-)
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Absolutely no capital changes hands between the 2 Canadians and HP, buy the WSJ calls it a new brand of capitalism??
Perhaps a new way of doing business, or a new brand of philanthropy...
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Mumia's case is only slightly less fscked up than Leonard's. I bet those "Free Tibet" stickers really get on his nerves too.
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
I'm not sure I understand what the Randroids have to do with it, (aren't libretarians pro-freedom?) but that was very funny.
Especially the Larry bit.
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
The issue (AFAIK) has always been civil rights, and the government's reflexive and irrational fear of crackers; not that Mitnick was ever some sort of 3l337 H4x0r.
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Now Miramax can go ahead with its libelous movie!
I wonder if he actually has that robotic arm in the most recent rewrite.
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Then we'll get Loren Greene, and then we can start on the Bonanza names.
RH 6.2:Hoss, RH 6.5:Hop Sing
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
That's a negative at sunsite and at cdrom.com.
anyone else have any better luck?
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
You can hire an MCSE (Must Consult Someone Experienced) for about $10K-$20K less a year, and gamble that he may not have to pay for support from MS.
Or hell, just get some 16-year-old from Tek Systems.
:-)
'You know how to double-click, right son?'
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
ESR Writes well. As long as he writes articles, he has my permission to throw his weight around as much as he has.
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
I can tolerate Apple for the time being. Every iMac that gets sold is another $500.00 or so that doesn't go to Uncle Bill.
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Apple behaves like just another (failed) Microsoft, yet around here we treat them as if they were brothers or something. M$ - Closed proprietary software Apple - Closed proprietary hardware AND software.
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Suuure. Sorry intel, I heard that one already. Wasn't that the justification for the anti-OC'ing BX chipset? That said, can some enterprising individual come up with a way to block Intel's overclocker-scanning software?
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Could someone please do something about the dreadful state of Japanese/Chinese/Korean input systems under Linux? Building it right into X would be ideal. I hate to say it, but Microsoft's IME is comparatively a pretty swank product.
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
Katz can't get much more technical than Hackers: the movie.
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.
They quoted the MS party line almost verbatim! That's uncanny!
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As long as each individual is facing the TV tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege.