I like it a lot and use it frequently (almost as much as textpad). However in GUI I still prefer Textpad to GVIM or VIM in a console. Plus for some reason I could never get GVIM to store my damn font preferences! lol... oh well.
So why should I expect a 4-6 year old computer to die? Hell I stored one of my apples in an attic in Oklahoma for 3 years (110 degrees and more) and it works without a hitch.
Granted the parts are significantly more intricate. Never the less, I expect them to work forever (or at least until i'm dead).
I only use textpad on linux and windows (linux via wine) and the only editor I like on mac is dreamweaver. Granted you have to close all the extranious bs they have open but if you set it up as a text editor with syntax highlighting it works well.
I code in jsp and asp primarily. I still prefer textpad to all other editors though. The cursor placement and block select modes I cannot live without (and it's only like $30).
I too am going to give away 98% of my wealth. Oh wait actually I'm going to give away 100% when I die. That's what a freaking will is!
If he wanted to truly make a difference he would create companies to do research and open their findings to everyone (a la free patents). Think of what good a free pharmacutical company could do for the world? How about fuel efficient engines that could bring inexpensive power to the 3rd world? Or any number of other things.
Everyone gives away their money when they die. I give mine while I'm alive. 1/400000th of your wealth doesn't mean crap to me. That is like an average millionaire giving $25. Really would you feel giving 25 dollar away if you had 1 million dollars in your bank account. Doubtful.
It's quite simple to figure out how the real world works (in contrast to the bs the republican party spits out).
When everyone can get a job and pay taxes these things happen: Lower Interest Rates Lower Crime Rates Lower Unemployment Higher standard of living
If the deficit would have been paid off there would have been around a 50% cut in the effective tax rate as well. Stupid ass tax cuts. Why are we cutting taxes when we have a huge debt? It's like taking a pay cut at your job when you have tens of thousands in credit card debt. Stupid.
All the republican party does is fuck the nation as a whole so a few can come out ahead. Simple economics shows when everyone is prospering the rich get richer. When the economy is in the pot (like now) the rich just get tax cuts but their income levels drop as well.
Did you notice the vote that just took place to allow the government to raise 1 trillion in new debt? Fucking unbelievable how pathetic this administration is when it comes to the economy. Lies, lies and more lies. Only the fools believe what they are telling you.
The republican party is one of the most pathetic organizations around. The fact that approx 50% of people in this country buy into the bullshit they are selling just gives me a very low opinion of americans in general (actually it just solidifies my current position that people pay more attention to political commercials than political reality).
If one company could make an install and OS that was anywhere near as easy to use as OS X for x86 hardware, they would rule.
Simply put it's not an easy thing to accomplish. Look at all the things you'd need to do. Drivers, GUI, Apps, etc...
Maybe if the company that did this also had a select HCL that was reasonable. The best thing about OS X is the standard OS 9 user couldn't tell you where the hell the / is. Apple mounts all drives under/Volumes which makes life a hell of a lot easier. I mean grandma doesn't need to go look in/var/logs to see if someone has accessed her system.
Plus linux isn't one thing. It's many. Think of all the different ways to do the same thing. Hell I love linux because I can ssh to my servers and do everything without rebooting and no GUI necessary (terminal services, yuck). The OS X Server tools are really nice but the nitty gritty is still in the text files.
I guess it's a pipe dream but it's doubtful that linux will ever become the OS of switchers. If this SCO suit has one positive maybe IBM will drop AIX development and create their own solid Linux distro. That I would buy.
This is an intentional move to stave off deflation. The problem is this administration has the biggest crock of shit plan for the economy since regan.
I always wondered why Bush called Reganomics (aka Trickle down economics) "voodoo economics" and when he became president implemented the same dipshit plan? I guess the payoff he was getting was better than the payoff by helping the american people.
Oh since you missed my point, the dollar may change in value but for the long term it is the safest investment for the people I described. Where was the euro 20 years ago? How about all those new bills? The old ones are still valid. That is the point, not the "value" but the fact that the money is still "valid" is the point of storing money in USD.
Stupid economic policy is what is leading to the weaker dollar. That is to supposedly increase exports of goods and "stimulate the economy" as President moron says. However, the bigger fear is deflation, which is why you get the double talk that they are for a strong dollar but don't care if it declines.
When the government gives 400 million in tax cuts to the rich to "stimulate investment" just remember that that 400 million would have been spent in it's entirety by the government. How much do you think the already rich will spend of that 400 million? 50% 25% 15%? Who knows?
Every poor dipshit in my state votes republican then bitches when we get less money from the federal government. Morons.
The thing I've seen most people forget is they tend to gloss over how long it took them to learn the first computer OS they worked with.
Once people know how to use a computer a certain way, they don't want to relearn. I had no choice since my first computer was an Apple//e (as was my second since the first was stolen!). I then learned to use DOS, then Windows 3.1, then Windows 95, then Windows NT, then Linux (Slackware), then Solaris, you get the picture.
The linux documentation project is the best. Plus just do google searches for your problems. Linux is more difficult to install than windows (newer versions, 95 is a nightmare). However, it becomes quickly easier to use (kind of like OS X).
OS X, Solaris, Windows (insert version here), DOS...
I wonder.
Linux and *BSD are extremely stable. Try getting 2-3 years of up time out of a Windows server.
You do get what you pay for when the person administering a machine has no experience. Either learn or don't, I don't care.
I use Windows, OS X/9, Solaris, Linux, BSD and DOS (this OS won't die). I'll rank them for you.
Best for stability: Linux / BSD / Solaris Better than average: OS X (10.2, improved a lot) Average: DOS / OS X (10.1) / OS 9.x Below Average: OS X (10.0) Poor: Windows
My guess is that there is a direct correlation between the experience of the user and the stability of the system they use.
Calling it an End User Error would probably be taken as a typical elitist computer attitude. However, I expect people to put forth effort in things they try to do. This is why most people don't succeed in our society, they won't RTFM and try to better themselves.
Oh well, no wonder it's so easy to succeed. When your competing against people who refuse to learn to use the tool they are bitching about "not working", you cannot help but succeed. Taking up for those too lazy to learn. How sweet of you.
Our money is used to control the world economy. Monitary supply is watched extremely closely by the fed. By keeping our money consistant it makes all those illicit activities good to do because the money never "expires".
Could you imagine a columbian drug czar or saddam going to the bank to exchange their 1/2 a billion dollars?
To reinstall lilo/grub when you've reinstalled windows you simply need a boot disk (you made one right?), mount your linux partition, and reinstall lilo/grub (I think it's in/usr/sbin, I haven't had to do this in a while and don't feel like looking it up).
Then you're good to go. Very simple. If you don't have a boot disk you could download 2 Disk X Windows distribution and run it from there. It's easy to find.
When a software bug can kill, you've got to test, test, test, test, test, test, test,....
Unfortunately my boss just want's it out the door! Lol, I guess when he's out of a job (me included), I can look back and say I told you so! (Not a good concilation prize by any stretch.)
This book covers more than I could have hoped for. Since reading this book and following it's suggestions I've made my systems significantly more secure. You've still got to keep up with your software patches but if you've done a good job hardening your system, you get more time to implement the patches before the shit hits the fan.
Since all you need is a mail server in Idaho instead of california to spam californians, good luck stopping it.
Even a federal law wouldn't work because then all you need is a mail server in toronto (or anywhere in a foreign country).
That is the whole point of the internet. The ability to communicate.
If anyone really want's to stop spam all that is needed is a new protocol that is backward compatable for a time period and eventually leaves smtp out in the cold. The POP/IMAP doesn't seem to be the problem. Unauthenticated SMTP seems to be the spam king.
My little brother's in law always get a new bunch of games, they download the cracks/cheats and win it in 2 days. I play the same game with months of enjoyment and win them on my own.
I wonder who really comes out ahead?
Hell I still haven't won Baldur's Gate! I guess I'll have lots of fun playing 30+ years of video games when I finally retire! Ultima III was the first game I beat as a kid and it took forever. Ultima III-V are probably my favorite games of all time. Crappy graphics, but great story/playability.
Hooker via credit card! I guess I'll have a hard time explaining that charge to my wife for "Busty Bertha's Whoring Service". Lol, hookers that take credit cards. What's next? Drug dealers!
"RFID (radio frequency identification) tags also have the ability of enabling recording information such as details of the transactions the paper note has been involved in."
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I've had plenty of parts fail, just not on my old computers (apples).
I was kidding about the working until death part too. I'd like for them to work that long, I just dont' expect it (the old ones only).
I like it a lot and use it frequently (almost as much as textpad). However in GUI I still prefer Textpad to GVIM or VIM in a console. Plus for some reason I could never get GVIM to store my damn font preferences! lol... oh well.
So why should I expect a 4-6 year old computer to die? Hell I stored one of my apples in an attic in Oklahoma for 3 years (110 degrees and more) and it works without a hitch.
Granted the parts are significantly more intricate. Never the less, I expect them to work forever (or at least until i'm dead).
I only use textpad on linux and windows (linux via wine) and the only editor I like on mac is dreamweaver. Granted you have to close all the extranious bs they have open but if you set it up as a text editor with syntax highlighting it works well.
I code in jsp and asp primarily. I still prefer textpad to all other editors though. The cursor placement and block select modes I cannot live without (and it's only like $30).
I too am going to give away 98% of my wealth. Oh wait actually I'm going to give away 100% when I die. That's what a freaking will is!
If he wanted to truly make a difference he would create companies to do research and open their findings to everyone (a la free patents). Think of what good a free pharmacutical company could do for the world? How about fuel efficient engines that could bring inexpensive power to the 3rd world? Or any number of other things.
Everyone gives away their money when they die. I give mine while I'm alive. 1/400000th of your wealth doesn't mean crap to me. That is like an average millionaire giving $25. Really would you feel giving 25 dollar away if you had 1 million dollars in your bank account. Doubtful.
It's quite simple to figure out how the real world works (in contrast to the bs the republican party spits out).
When everyone can get a job and pay taxes these things happen:
Lower Interest Rates
Lower Crime Rates
Lower Unemployment
Higher standard of living
If the deficit would have been paid off there would have been around a 50% cut in the effective tax rate as well. Stupid ass tax cuts. Why are we cutting taxes when we have a huge debt? It's like taking a pay cut at your job when you have tens of thousands in credit card debt. Stupid.
All the republican party does is fuck the nation as a whole so a few can come out ahead. Simple economics shows when everyone is prospering the rich get richer. When the economy is in the pot (like now) the rich just get tax cuts but their income levels drop as well.
Did you notice the vote that just took place to allow the government to raise 1 trillion in new debt? Fucking unbelievable how pathetic this administration is when it comes to the economy. Lies, lies and more lies. Only the fools believe what they are telling you.
The republican party is one of the most pathetic organizations around. The fact that approx 50% of people in this country buy into the bullshit they are selling just gives me a very low opinion of americans in general (actually it just solidifies my current position that people pay more attention to political commercials than political reality).
It's for a distribution to decide.
/Volumes which makes life a hell of a lot easier. I mean grandma doesn't need to go look in /var/logs to see if someone has accessed her system.
If one company could make an install and OS that was anywhere near as easy to use as OS X for x86 hardware, they would rule.
Simply put it's not an easy thing to accomplish. Look at all the things you'd need to do. Drivers, GUI, Apps, etc...
Maybe if the company that did this also had a select HCL that was reasonable. The best thing about OS X is the standard OS 9 user couldn't tell you where the hell the / is. Apple mounts all drives under
Plus linux isn't one thing. It's many. Think of all the different ways to do the same thing. Hell I love linux because I can ssh to my servers and do everything without rebooting and no GUI necessary (terminal services, yuck). The OS X Server tools are really nice but the nitty gritty is still in the text files.
I guess it's a pipe dream but it's doubtful that linux will ever become the OS of switchers. If this SCO suit has one positive maybe IBM will drop AIX development and create their own solid Linux distro. That I would buy.
Don't ever become a contractor. Although I have non-compete agreements but I'm not a contractor.
Ah, the business world. Where freedom doesn't ring.
This is an intentional move to stave off deflation. The problem is this administration has the biggest crock of shit plan for the economy since regan.
I always wondered why Bush called Reganomics (aka Trickle down economics) "voodoo economics" and when he became president implemented the same dipshit plan? I guess the payoff he was getting was better than the payoff by helping the american people.
Oh since you missed my point, the dollar may change in value but for the long term it is the safest investment for the people I described. Where was the euro 20 years ago? How about all those new bills? The old ones are still valid. That is the point, not the "value" but the fact that the money is still "valid" is the point of storing money in USD.
Stupid economic policy is what is leading to the weaker dollar. That is to supposedly increase exports of goods and "stimulate the economy" as President moron says. However, the bigger fear is deflation, which is why you get the double talk that they are for a strong dollar but don't care if it declines.
When the government gives 400 million in tax cuts to the rich to "stimulate investment" just remember that that 400 million would have been spent in it's entirety by the government. How much do you think the already rich will spend of that 400 million? 50% 25% 15%? Who knows?
Every poor dipshit in my state votes republican then bitches when we get less money from the federal government. Morons.
The thing I've seen most people forget is they tend to gloss over how long it took them to learn the first computer OS they worked with.
//e (as was my second since the first was stolen!). I then learned to use DOS, then Windows 3.1, then Windows 95, then Windows NT, then Linux (Slackware), then Solaris, you get the picture.
Once people know how to use a computer a certain way, they don't want to relearn. I had no choice since my first computer was an Apple
The linux documentation project is the best. Plus just do google searches for your problems. Linux is more difficult to install than windows (newer versions, 95 is a nightmare). However, it becomes quickly easier to use (kind of like OS X).
OS X, Solaris, Windows (insert version here), DOS...
I wonder.
Linux and *BSD are extremely stable. Try getting 2-3 years of up time out of a Windows server.
You do get what you pay for when the person administering a machine has no experience. Either learn or don't, I don't care.
I use Windows, OS X/9, Solaris, Linux, BSD and DOS (this OS won't die). I'll rank them for you.
Best for stability: Linux / BSD / Solaris
Better than average: OS X (10.2, improved a lot)
Average: DOS / OS X (10.1) / OS 9.x
Below Average: OS X (10.0)
Poor: Windows
My guess is that there is a direct correlation between the experience of the user and the stability of the system they use.
Calling it an End User Error would probably be taken as a typical elitist computer attitude. However, I expect people to put forth effort in things they try to do. This is why most people don't succeed in our society, they won't RTFM and try to better themselves.
Oh well, no wonder it's so easy to succeed. When your competing against people who refuse to learn to use the tool they are bitching about "not working", you cannot help but succeed. Taking up for those too lazy to learn. How sweet of you.
Why did Saddam have dollars instead of euros?
Our money is used to control the world economy. Monitary supply is watched extremely closely by the fed. By keeping our money consistant it makes all those illicit activities good to do because the money never "expires".
Could you imagine a columbian drug czar or saddam going to the bank to exchange their 1/2 a billion dollars?
This is how we tople governments. Money.
Greed is good. -Gordon Gekko
Learn to use Linux. Try a book.
/usr/sbin, I haven't had to do this in a while and don't feel like looking it up).
To reinstall lilo/grub when you've reinstalled windows you simply need a boot disk (you made one right?), mount your linux partition, and reinstall lilo/grub (I think it's in
Then you're good to go. Very simple. If you don't have a boot disk you could download 2 Disk X Windows distribution and run it from there. It's easy to find.
When a software bug can kill, you've got to test, test, test, test, test, test, test, ....
Unfortunately my boss just want's it out the door! Lol, I guess when he's out of a job (me included), I can look back and say I told you so! (Not a good concilation prize by any stretch.)
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This book covers more than I could have hoped for. Since reading this book and following it's suggestions I've made my systems significantly more secure. You've still got to keep up with your software patches but if you've done a good job hardening your system, you get more time to implement the patches before the shit hits the fan.
Or at least that's how it's worked for me!
Until this is a federal law it won't hold water.
Since all you need is a mail server in Idaho instead of california to spam californians, good luck stopping it.
Even a federal law wouldn't work because then all you need is a mail server in toronto (or anywhere in a foreign country).
That is the whole point of the internet. The ability to communicate.
If anyone really want's to stop spam all that is needed is a new protocol that is backward compatable for a time period and eventually leaves smtp out in the cold. The POP/IMAP doesn't seem to be the problem. Unauthenticated SMTP seems to be the spam king.
My little brother's in law always get a new bunch of games, they download the cracks/cheats and win it in 2 days. I play the same game with months of enjoyment and win them on my own.
I wonder who really comes out ahead?
Hell I still haven't won Baldur's Gate! I guess I'll have lots of fun playing 30+ years of video games when I finally retire! Ultima III was the first game I beat as a kid and it took forever. Ultima III-V are probably my favorite games of all time. Crappy graphics, but great story/playability.
Why the hell is this on slashdot?
Christ next thing you know I'll be writing an article about my families crapping styles.
Not necessary.
Funniest skit ever. Thanks for the memory jog.
Hooker via credit card! I guess I'll have a hard time explaining that charge to my wife for "Busty Bertha's Whoring Service". Lol, hookers that take credit cards. What's next? Drug dealers!
This is the stupid ass game that caused the death of Looking Glass.
Oh nevermind. I found this article.
Long live Eidos!
Strippers, hookers, drug dealers, public utilities, congress persons, ...
See the connection?
"RFID (radio frequency identification) tags also have the ability of enabling recording information such as details of the transactions the paper note has been involved in."
They just missed a word.
lover. Oh wait, yes it does.
What were you saying again?
You've got to be kidding me. I guess this guy forgot the Ultima series was started on an Apple.