"and many of us lust after Apple hardware which can command a premium price in part because of its styling."
I can't speak for anyone else. But I'll tell you why I love the "Apple Style". Understatement. In a Calvin Kline 3 button suit kinda way. Clean lines, no exaggertaions.
I'm not an Apple user, but I can't tell you how strong the urge is to stuff my Linux box components into one of those new G5 cases.
The current wave of Chenbro/Chenming/Enermax/(fill in your fav windowed, SUPER BRIGHT RETINA BURNING LED, cathode light, gaudy/guido front panel/ workstation case but has a door that opens to the left and is also sold as a (cough GREEN cough) Chinese server) case.
Do i sound bitter that I can't find a decent ATX PC case?
There is an ambulance service here in NYC called Hatzhola EMS. They cater to the jewsih community, are mostly volunteer, and respond to calls from work or school, usually in whatever attire they happen to be in at the time.
One day I was working with an old timer, and he started to sing a tune as we watched one the Hatzhola guys race past us:
Oy vey! Outta the way! The Matzah box is on the way! (mimicks siren) Heeebreeew Hebreeeew!
He meant no harm buy it, he actually has a few friends in that particular service, but I almost pooped in my pants when I heard it. --
I guess someone has three years to come up with a solution to make Linux the defacto gaming platform.
The bootable America's Army 64 Bit CD is a step in the right direction, but rebooting to play games is something people don't want to do.
There are many people I know who would ditch Windows all together if they could play their favorite games in Linux nativley. Right now some of my friends will not give up on Battlefiled 1942, Raven Shield and host Recon among other games. They can appreciate America's Army, but that's only one high profile Linux game.
When I was younger and running my own buisness, my role models for conducting myself were my hard working immigrant parents.
They were courteous, fair, always did the right thing by the customer, even if it meant being honest and not recommending work that they didn't need.
The funny thing is, neither was a high school graduate, coming from the farmlands of Greece, nor were they world-cultured, but they were honest.
It's becoming increasingly difficult to find people in buisness who earn honestly and don't have that "I have to gouge out your eyes before you screw me" buisness deal mentality.
At work I can write anywhere from 20 to 100 ACR's (Ambulance Call Reports) a week. My all time favorite cheap but good looking pen is a BIC retractable clic.
Not too skinny, and not too fat. Looks classy with the Hospital logo on it.
If it becomes availble in pink, the young ladies can make a frantic dash to answer that important call only to discover they're answering a rubber diaphragm!
The new law requires that manufacturers disclose the existence of such boxes in the vehicle's operators' manual.
Great idea. People should know that there's a balck box in their car. Maybe they'll think twice about that reckeless maneuver their going to pull.
A previous poster mentioned dupe, this is not. The previous article mentioned how someone was convicted of killing somone 'cause they decided to do ~100 mph down a 25mph resedential street.
Hypothetical future dialog: "Hey son, I trust you and all, but be aware that fi you do try to show off to your prom date tonight, and maybe, umm I dunno, kill someone while your at it, that blackbox recorder could put you away for a long time. Here are the keys, by the way."
Maybe some of this info could also be used to help prosecute people who stage accidents for insurance fruad. I get so sick of seeing these thigs happening. 6 people all loaded up in 2 cars, they bump at 10mph, cry neck and back pain, but they have no idead who they are sitting next to in the same vehicle!
Oh lord, when will it end. Please. Monty Python has created some of the most hysterical movies I have ever seen. Their skit/sketch comedy was genius. Yes, they sometimes had musical bits.
But *ONE MEMBER* reworking Holy Grail?
Sorry, I can't be a fanboy. All I can think is. 'Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oo'
Relaaaax, in through the nose, out through the mouth. The carpal pedal spasms will go away in a few minutes.
Not everything is a musical.
I gather you haven't seen The Producers on Broadway, have you? There was no Wilder or Mostel, but it was the most fun I have had in a loooooong time.
Is it just me, or has the computer industry gone a little too far with the whole "bigger is better/more-more-more"
I mean, currenty video cards render full color frames faster than the human eye can perceive
Currently, I am addicted to Desert Combat, which is a mod for Battlfiled 1942. I consructed a top of the line gaming system just for this game. 3.0Ghz Pentium and Tyan 9700 Pro, 1 Gig 'o ram.
The game is buttery smooth most of the time, even with AA and AF on and at a resolution of 1600x1200.
But, the producers of the mod have a habit of updating the in game textures with every release, which makes the game look even more gorgeous, but will eventually start to tax my system. Not only that, Battlefiled supports upto 64 players, and with the advent of broadband in almost every home, don't be surprised to see games with a max of 128 players. So asking your card to render moving players, tanks shooting shells, blood and gore, lets not forget the choppers and amphibious assault vehicles, your "I mean, currenty video cards render full color frames faster than the human eye can perceive" seems irrelevant.
When you see so called "gaming benchmarks", please remember they are on avergae. They rarely point out the times when there are so many things being rendered, that you will see a bit of a slowdown, even with top of the line cards.
"Springtime for SCO" from Mel Brooks' The Thieving Whore Bastards CEO's
SCO was having trouble, what a sad, sad story Needed a new leader to restore its former glory Where oh where was he? Where could that man be? We looked around, and then we found, the man for you and me, And now it's...
Springtime for McBride and SCO, Utah is happy and gay. We're marching to a faster pace, Look out, here comes that smug Mcbride face.
Springtime for McBride and Utah, Winter for Linus and Eric S Raymond. Springtime for McBride and Utah, Come on, Utah, go into your dance...
I was born in Salt Lake City, and that is why they call me P Diddy. Don't be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the SCO party.
Springtime for McBride and Utah (SCO Unix box beeps twice) Goose-step's the new step today (SCO Unix box gun fires) NDA's falling from the skies again, (NDA's falls and explodes) Utah is on the rise again
Springtime for McBride and SCO System V are sailing once more [woman's voice]: "Well! Talk about bad source!" Springtime for Mcbride and SCO Means... that... soon we'll be going... We've got to be going... You know we'll be going to... Court!
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Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaser
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It was the billionaire on the grassy knoll!
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"and many of us lust after Apple hardware which can command a premium price in part because of its styling."
I can't speak for anyone else. But I'll tell you why I love the "Apple Style". Understatement. In a Calvin Kline 3 button suit kinda way. Clean lines, no exaggertaions.
I'm not an Apple user, but I can't tell you how strong the urge is to stuff my Linux box components into one of those new G5 cases.
The current wave of Chenbro/Chenming/Enermax/(fill in your fav windowed, SUPER BRIGHT RETINA BURNING LED, cathode light, gaudy/guido front panel/ workstation case but has a door that opens to the left and is also sold as a (cough GREEN cough) Chinese server) case.
Do i sound bitter that I can't find a decent ATX PC case?
--
There is an ambulance service here in NYC called Hatzhola EMS. They cater to the jewsih community, are mostly volunteer, and respond to calls from work or school, usually in whatever attire they happen to be in at the time.
One day I was working with an old timer, and he started to sing a tune as we watched one the Hatzhola guys race past us:
Oy vey!
Outta the way!
The Matzah box is on the way!
(mimicks siren)
Heeebreeew Hebreeeew!
He meant no harm buy it, he actually has a few friends in that particular service, but I almost pooped in my pants when I heard it.
--
Surely a UI isn't much more difficult?
Yes. Yes it is. And stop calling me Shirley.
--
I guess someone has three years to come up with a solution to make Linux the defacto gaming platform.
The bootable America's Army 64 Bit CD is a step in the right direction, but rebooting to play games is something people don't want to do.
There are many people I know who would ditch Windows all together if they could play their favorite games in Linux nativley. Right now some of my friends will not give up on Battlefiled 1942, Raven Shield and host Recon among other games. They can appreciate America's Army, but that's only one high profile Linux game.
Comments? Suggestions?
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You might as well staple your ball sack together, 'cause if you can't lick 'em, join 'em!
Will they be rounding up capatalist^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HMicrosoft sympathizers and shipping them off to Syberia?
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you have to give Darl credit for being a master at pump and dump here if this is the case
That's like giving credit to Hannibal Lecter for disposing of his victims in a most elegant manner that had anyting to do with fava beans.
Let's just call him a common criminal and call it a day.
Thanks
When I was younger and running my own buisness, my role models for conducting myself were my hard working immigrant parents.
They were courteous, fair, always did the right thing by the customer, even if it meant being honest and not recommending work that they didn't need.
The funny thing is, neither was a high school graduate, coming from the farmlands of Greece, nor were they world-cultured, but they were honest.
It's becoming increasingly difficult to find people in buisness who earn honestly and don't have that "I have to gouge out your eyes before you screw me" buisness deal mentality.
Makes 'ya kinda sad; well me anyways.
At work I can write anywhere from 20 to 100 ACR's (Ambulance Call Reports) a week. My all time favorite cheap but good looking pen is a BIC retractable clic.
Not too skinny, and not too fat. Looks classy with the Hospital logo on it.
Now is the time for IBM to start releasing cheap single proc Power PC ala this story.
Am I the only one who notices pixelation even on todays MPEG2 DVD standard?
Kinda makes the purist pine for the days of the Lasedisc.
My name is ICCANa MOntoya, you killa my DNS, prepare to die!
Linux doesn't crash. It "creatively parks".
Yeah! You sure showed him you rocket scient.. I mean, aerospace propulsion engineer!
Scene one, Act One
:(
Adrian Lamo in a orange prison jump suit conferencing wit his attorney.
Ring Ring
Attorney: Hold on Adrian, I have to take this call. (talking into cellphone) Yeah.. ok... Great! ok..Thanks!
Great news Adrian!
Adrian: (curious/happy): What?!
Attorney: I just saved 4.8 seconds on my Linux boot time with FSMLabs!
Adrian:
Looks more like a $600 contraceptive case.
If it becomes availble in pink, the young ladies can make a frantic dash to answer that important call only to discover they're answering a rubber diaphragm!
The new law requires that manufacturers disclose the existence of such boxes in the vehicle's operators' manual.
Great idea. People should know that there's a balck box in their car. Maybe they'll think twice about that reckeless maneuver their going to pull.
A previous poster mentioned dupe, this is not. The previous article mentioned how someone was convicted of killing somone 'cause they decided to do ~100 mph down a 25mph resedential street.
Hypothetical future dialog: "Hey son, I trust you and all, but be aware that fi you do try to show off to your prom date tonight, and maybe, umm I dunno, kill someone while your at it, that blackbox recorder could put you away for a long time. Here are the keys, by the way."
Maybe some of this info could also be used to help prosecute people who stage accidents for insurance fruad. I get so sick of seeing these thigs happening. 6 people all loaded up in 2 cars, they bump at 10mph, cry neck and back pain, but they have no idead who they are sitting next to in the same vehicle!
Would that be roughly about 1.2 Jigawatts?
EVERYTHING DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A MUSICAL!
o oo'
Oh lord, when will it end. Please. Monty Python has created some of the most hysterical movies I have ever seen. Their skit/sketch comedy was genius. Yes, they sometimes had musical bits.
But *ONE MEMBER* reworking Holy Grail?
Sorry, I can't be a fanboy. All I can think is.
'Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Relaaaax, in through the nose, out through the mouth. The carpal pedal spasms will go away in a few minutes.
Not everything is a musical.
I gather you haven't seen The Producers on Broadway, have you? There was no Wilder or Mostel, but it was the most fun I have had in a loooooong time.
It's just a musical.
IANAAA (I am not an acronym abuser) but IDBISOOA ( I dont beleive in spelling out obvious... aw crap!
Is it just me, or has the computer industry gone a little too far with the whole "bigger is better/more-more-more"
I mean, currenty video cards render full color frames faster than the human eye can perceive
Currently, I am addicted to Desert Combat, which is a mod for Battlfiled 1942. I consructed a top of the line gaming system just for this game. 3.0Ghz Pentium and Tyan 9700 Pro, 1 Gig 'o ram.
The game is buttery smooth most of the time, even with AA and AF on and at a resolution of 1600x1200.
But, the producers of the mod have a habit of updating the in game textures with every release, which makes the game look even more gorgeous, but will eventually start to tax my system. Not only that, Battlefiled supports upto 64 players, and with the advent of broadband in almost every home, don't be surprised to see games with a max of 128 players. So asking your card to render moving players, tanks shooting shells, blood and gore, lets not forget the choppers and amphibious assault vehicles, your "I mean, currenty video cards render full color frames faster than the human eye can perceive" seems irrelevant.
When you see so called "gaming benchmarks", please remember they are on avergae. They rarely point out the times when there are so many things being rendered, that you will see a bit of a slowdown, even with top of the line cards.
Dual DVI output: Drives two independent digital displays at 1600 x1200, or one at 3840x24005.
Nice.
Sounds like the perfect card for the perfect monitor
9.2 million pixels at 0.1245mm stripe pitch, 3840x2400 native resolution.
Now, that my friends, is nice.
SCO isn't Nazi Germany, people!
...
...
... that ... soon we'll be going ... ... ... Court!
"Springtime for SCO"
from Mel Brooks' The Thieving Whore Bastards CEO's
SCO was having trouble, what a sad, sad story
Needed a new leader to restore its former glory
Where oh where was he? Where could that man be?
We looked around, and then we found, the man for you and me,
And now it's
Springtime for McBride and SCO,
Utah is happy and gay.
We're marching to a faster pace,
Look out, here comes that smug Mcbride face.
Springtime for McBride and Utah,
Winter for Linus and Eric S Raymond.
Springtime for McBride and Utah,
Come on, Utah, go into your dance
I was born in Salt Lake City, and that is why they call me P Diddy.
Don't be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the SCO party.
Springtime for McBride and Utah
(SCO Unix box beeps twice)
Goose-step's the new step today
(SCO Unix box gun fires)
NDA's falling from the skies again,
(NDA's falls and explodes)
Utah is on the rise again
Springtime for McBride and SCO
System V are sailing once more
[woman's voice]: "Well! Talk about bad source!"
Springtime for Mcbride and SCO
Means
We've got to be going
You know we'll be going to
BSD is not dead, it's just homeless for the time being.
Please expect this fine OS to be smelling a bit ripe at your nearest highway exit ramp with a sign that says "Will boot for partition space".