I don't get it. Do the eds not use the preview feature, and if not, do they not at least check the home page once in awhile? I've given them the benefit of doubt for quite some time, but come on... This one seems a little obvious.
Doesn't it seem like the quality of posts have gotten worse since they added the plum where you can see articles in the Mysterious Future and report bad ones??
they'll take one look at the price and buy a Dell instead.
I think his point was they would be more likely to once they got used to it from pirating. If price was the only factor, people would buy Microtel machines from Walmart running Linux and OpenOffice.
I think a free copy of Mac OS X that could run on my existing PC would give me a great reason to try it, and maybe even get used to it. I can't count how many free Linux distros I've tried. Maybe Apple finally realizes the real money is in the platform, not the OS. Although Microsoft makes a lot of money on Windows, they've been more than happy to give it away in the past for lock-in and "getting them hooked."
I read only those responses that score a 3 or better, I meta moderate, I moderate, and all of that seems to work well.
So you're standing on the shoulders of others who are willing to read < 3 and basically agreeing with them? This is something I've always had a problem with. I guess it's fine as long as there are honest souls who are willing to browse < 3 and mod up what you would consider relevant.
I also have a moldy OS X 10.2 box at home. I bought it as a cheap attempt at getting used to OS X. My biggest frustration came with trying to add a damn printer. I'm not going to go into great detail as I've tried every driver available, but my limited expertise in Mac OS X made it a very frustrating experience.
I have a Brother 1040 laser printer hooked up to a D-Link print server. Mapping this printer on Windows and Linux is easy - you just map to the IP and select LPR alias. On Macintosh, it was not so easy. I spent hours trying to map the damn thing but ultimately couldn't find an acceptable driver, even though my printer says it's "Mac compatible" and comes with Macintosh drivers. Perhaps it's a problem with the Brother drivers, but regardless, mapping it in Windows and Linux was (relatively) a piece of cake.
Very insightful, if only I had mod points. I agree. The computer of the future will be sitting next to the furnace and water softener (hopefully on risers), and LCDs will connect to them for functionality.
How convenient it would be to connect my LCD to an ethernet port in the wall and have full access to the services of the main server in my basement (which would include virtualization capabilities, if I were in charge).
My house currently has 7 computers in different parts of the house used for different purposes. 4 Windows desktops, 1 Windows laptop, 1 Macintosh, and 1 Linux box for firewall/proxy. Granted, I'm no average user, so we can eliminate the firewall/proxy. That leaves us with 6 machines. I want one server with multiple monitors throughout the house, just as easy at it is to plugin an extra TV.
Oh, and before you mainframe geeks chime in, a green screen isn't acceptable. I want the capabilities of my desktop on a central computer combined with the simplicity of plugging a monitor into an Ethernet port.
So, basically what you're saying is that the 40 gb hard drive I have now will be filled up with advertisements?
I'm not a gamer, but don't most games now days assume you have an Internet connection? If not, I doubt that's far away. Download the ads in the background. Of course, if you're on dialup, the lost bandwidth is probably worse than the lost hard drive space.
And furthermore, shouldn't I be able to have a game that's free of advertisements, seeing as I allready paid $49.95 for the game?
No, had it not been for our generous advertisers, it would have cost you $79.95 for the game, which you probably wouldn't have paid, which wouldn't have made a game so spectacular as this to have been created. Yeah, we're aware that it's the same price we charged prior to adding advertisements, but there IS added value. We'll let you know when we find it...
Although I am extremely grateful to have a windowed cubicle, the view from my windows is two parking ramps. Plain and boring, makes sense I guess. I am also blinded by the sun from for the first 1-2 hours in the morning.
I'm still grateful for my windowed cubicle, of course. A metaphor for many of us Windows users, it is.
I, too, was a youngling when OS/2 was a popular alternative. A buddy and I ran BBSs and we liked OS/2 very much. The multitasking was much better than DESQview. We could run the BBS and *gasp* still actually use the computer;)
with recent studies showing that optical media doesn't last very long I don't want to come back in a few years and find that all my backups are useless... How do other Slashdotters back up their important data?
Why not make two optical backups. Store at least one in a fireproof safe. For the massive files, you might have to invest in one or two hot swappable drives you can use as 'tapes', storing one in your safe. Mirroring might help.
I think it's doing more harm than good in skewing statistics in favor of MS. Thus, more web sites assume more people are using IE and don't care about the alternatives. When does the cycle end? We need all the numbers we can get to pound it into people's heads that Windows+IE isn't the only platform out there. You'd think a company whose flagship product is a web browser would care about making the web less tailored to their competition.
By the way, how come Firefox renders just fine (except Slashdot *cough*) without reporting itself as IE?
I don't know, I would think your average geek loser would have loads of cash to spend on such things. Decent job, no girlfriend, and low rent in the parents' basement.
I've been considering buying a Mac recently. Although I've been a PC user (mostly Windows, some Linux on the server) nearly my whole short-lived life (I started out on Apple IIe/IIgs), I think the progress they've made since releasing X has been substantial.
However, now it seems I should wait until the Intel machines are released so that software will be more readily available in the future. However, I don't want to buy one of the overpriced Intel boxes when they are released only to end up with a first-gen model that is lacking or has problems. "Oh, that's a known problem with the original models."
So when do I buy a Mac? I'm not interested in a PPC model if they are switching platforms, but I don't want to end up beta-testing a new platform either.:/ I guess only time will tell.
Why would anyone send spam from a Hotmail account? Wouldn't it be FAR easier and more efficient to send via an open SMTP relay with a Hotmail account as the replyto?
While some people might want the nice hardbound copy - most people will just settle for the digital copy which is just as good.
I disagree. While it may be true for some, I feel most who intend to read cover-to-cover will opt for the hardbound copy, myself included. Reading long texts from a computer screen sucks.
I always found the history of Apple, Inc. and their technology fascinating. I'm 26, and the first computer I used at school was an Apple IIe. My first computer my parents bought me was a IIgs. That was a great machine in its day, if only it had a hard drive it would have essentially been a Mac since it had an early version of the Mac GUI. At that time, anyone who was anyone in BBS land wanted a PC though, so I switched and am still using x86 hardware today (I don't care to start an argument - terminal software and BBS software was far superior on the PC at the time). Nonetheless, I enjoy reading about Apple history.
Ok, I did have a point to this post. Another great site is: www.apple-history.com
(Not hyperlinked on purpose - be gentle. And no, I'm not affiliated with this site.)
I can still find nostalgic messages we posted on Fidonet via USENET when I search once in awhile. That was before I discovered the USENET, which AFAIK was largely accessed with UNIX at the time. Oh, how naive I was, and probably still am.
Or you could just install the SlashFix extension and not have to worry about it.
Ironic that a site visited by some of the biggest advocates of open source and the Mozilla Foundation wouldn't be rendered properly. "But it's fixed in the nightly builds!" Yeah, and it's been broken since around 0.7...
I don't think they need to charge "very little money," but $64 is a little steep for me considering it comes with only a year of updates.
I'd pay $64 for protection for the lifetime of the OS (which is what, ~4 years?) or a pure subscription of say ~$15/year.
I, too, don't like the separate products. And I don't understand what took them so damn long to include protection from spyware and other malware. I want it a part of Norton anti-virus - one program running that protects me, as you said. I think Symantec is late in the game on this, and they're entering a market that has free alternatives in it. I say add the functionality to NAV for free so your core product doesn't become irrelevant. To me, spyware should be treated as a virus (with the exception of maybe asking me if I want it quarantined instead of doing it automatically as with viruses).
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I don't get it. Do the eds not use the preview feature, and if not, do they not at least check the home page once in awhile? I've given them the benefit of doubt for quite some time, but come on... This one seems a little obvious.
Doesn't it seem like the quality of posts have gotten worse since they added the plum where you can see articles in the Mysterious Future and report bad ones??
I think his point was they would be more likely to once they got used to it from pirating. If price was the only factor, people would buy Microtel machines from Walmart running Linux and OpenOffice.
I think a free copy of Mac OS X that could run on my existing PC would give me a great reason to try it, and maybe even get used to it. I can't count how many free Linux distros I've tried. Maybe Apple finally realizes the real money is in the platform, not the OS. Although Microsoft makes a lot of money on Windows, they've been more than happy to give it away in the past for lock-in and "getting them hooked."
So you're standing on the shoulders of others who are willing to read < 3 and basically agreeing with them? This is something I've always had a problem with. I guess it's fine as long as there are honest souls who are willing to browse < 3 and mod up what you would consider relevant.
I also have a moldy OS X 10.2 box at home. I bought it as a cheap attempt at getting used to OS X. My biggest frustration came with trying to add a damn printer. I'm not going to go into great detail as I've tried every driver available, but my limited expertise in Mac OS X made it a very frustrating experience.
I have a Brother 1040 laser printer hooked up to a D-Link print server. Mapping this printer on Windows and Linux is easy - you just map to the IP and select LPR alias. On Macintosh, it was not so easy. I spent hours trying to map the damn thing but ultimately couldn't find an acceptable driver, even though my printer says it's "Mac compatible" and comes with Macintosh drivers. Perhaps it's a problem with the Brother drivers, but regardless, mapping it in Windows and Linux was (relatively) a piece of cake.
Very insightful, if only I had mod points. I agree. The computer of the future will be sitting next to the furnace and water softener (hopefully on risers), and LCDs will connect to them for functionality.
How convenient it would be to connect my LCD to an ethernet port in the wall and have full access to the services of the main server in my basement (which would include virtualization capabilities, if I were in charge).
My house currently has 7 computers in different parts of the house used for different purposes. 4 Windows desktops, 1 Windows laptop, 1 Macintosh, and 1 Linux box for firewall/proxy. Granted, I'm no average user, so we can eliminate the firewall/proxy. That leaves us with 6 machines. I want one server with multiple monitors throughout the house, just as easy at it is to plugin an extra TV.
Oh, and before you mainframe geeks chime in, a green screen isn't acceptable. I want the capabilities of my desktop on a central computer combined with the simplicity of plugging a monitor into an Ethernet port.
Nothing to see here, please move along.
I dunno, sounds like a boring game where you can get wealth by watching ads. I'd rather kick some demon ass.
Of course, it might be good to zing enemies who kill me. "Oh, yeah, you only killed me because you bought some Viagra."
I'm not a gamer, but don't most games now days assume you have an Internet connection? If not, I doubt that's far away. Download the ads in the background. Of course, if you're on dialup, the lost bandwidth is probably worse than the lost hard drive space.
No, had it not been for our generous advertisers, it would have cost you $79.95 for the game, which you probably wouldn't have paid, which wouldn't have made a game so spectacular as this to have been created. Yeah, we're aware that it's the same price we charged prior to adding advertisements, but there IS added value. We'll let you know when we find it...
Although I am extremely grateful to have a windowed cubicle, the view from my windows is two parking ramps. Plain and boring, makes sense I guess. I am also blinded by the sun from for the first 1-2 hours in the morning.
I'm still grateful for my windowed cubicle, of course. A metaphor for many of us Windows users, it is.
That's okay. Those people are too busy looking for Windows 96-97.
Have they finished yet?
I, too, was a youngling when OS/2 was a popular alternative. A buddy and I ran BBSs and we liked OS/2 very much. The multitasking was much better than DESQview. We could run the BBS and *gasp* still actually use the computer ;)
Good times, good times...
I don't get it. So when using their compiler it optimizes code for their CPU. Outrageous! Can't you use a different compiler?
Um, neat, but RoadRunner is 5 Mbps downstream cap.
Why not make two optical backups. Store at least one in a fireproof safe. For the massive files, you might have to invest in one or two hot swappable drives you can use as 'tapes', storing one in your safe. Mirroring might help.
I think it's doing more harm than good in skewing statistics in favor of MS. Thus, more web sites assume more people are using IE and don't care about the alternatives. When does the cycle end? We need all the numbers we can get to pound it into people's heads that Windows+IE isn't the only platform out there. You'd think a company whose flagship product is a web browser would care about making the web less tailored to their competition.
By the way, how come Firefox renders just fine (except Slashdot *cough*) without reporting itself as IE?
I don't know, I would think your average geek loser would have loads of cash to spend on such things. Decent job, no girlfriend, and low rent in the parents' basement.
I've been considering buying a Mac recently. Although I've been a PC user (mostly Windows, some Linux on the server) nearly my whole short-lived life (I started out on Apple IIe/IIgs), I think the progress they've made since releasing X has been substantial.
:/ I guess only time will tell.
However, now it seems I should wait until the Intel machines are released so that software will be more readily available in the future. However, I don't want to buy one of the overpriced Intel boxes when they are released only to end up with a first-gen model that is lacking or has problems. "Oh, that's a known problem with the original models."
So when do I buy a Mac? I'm not interested in a PPC model if they are switching platforms, but I don't want to end up beta-testing a new platform either.
I saw nothing in the article about it requiring Windows XP.
Using Flash-enabled sites is like getting your prostate checked. Unpleasant, but often necessary.
Thank goodness for Flashblock.
Why would anyone send spam from a Hotmail account? Wouldn't it be FAR easier and more efficient to send via an open SMTP relay with a Hotmail account as the replyto?
I disagree. While it may be true for some, I feel most who intend to read cover-to-cover will opt for the hardbound copy, myself included. Reading long texts from a computer screen sucks.
I always found the history of Apple, Inc. and their technology fascinating. I'm 26, and the first computer I used at school was an Apple IIe. My first computer my parents bought me was a IIgs. That was a great machine in its day, if only it had a hard drive it would have essentially been a Mac since it had an early version of the Mac GUI. At that time, anyone who was anyone in BBS land wanted a PC though, so I switched and am still using x86 hardware today (I don't care to start an argument - terminal software and BBS software was far superior on the PC at the time). Nonetheless, I enjoy reading about Apple history.
Ok, I did have a point to this post. Another great site is:
www.apple-history.com
(Not hyperlinked on purpose - be gentle. And no, I'm not affiliated with this site.)
I can still find nostalgic messages we posted on Fidonet via USENET when I search once in awhile. That was before I discovered the USENET, which AFAIK was largely accessed with UNIX at the time. Oh, how naive I was, and probably still am.
Or you could just install the SlashFix extension and not have to worry about it.
Ironic that a site visited by some of the biggest advocates of open source and the Mozilla Foundation wouldn't be rendered properly. "But it's fixed in the nightly builds!" Yeah, and it's been broken since around 0.7...
I don't think they need to charge "very little money," but $64 is a little steep for me considering it comes with only a year of updates.
I'd pay $64 for protection for the lifetime of the OS (which is what, ~4 years?) or a pure subscription of say ~$15/year.
I, too, don't like the separate products. And I don't understand what took them so damn long to include protection from spyware and other malware. I want it a part of Norton anti-virus - one program running that protects me, as you said. I think Symantec is late in the game on this, and they're entering a market that has free alternatives in it. I say add the functionality to NAV for free so your core product doesn't become irrelevant. To me, spyware should be treated as a virus (with the exception of maybe asking me if I want it quarantined instead of doing it automatically as with viruses).