"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." - Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
Can you imagine? More than five organizations wanting these big huge computers?
Why will we colonize planets? Well, why did we colonize America? It was a long hard voyage across the ocean. Lots of people were comfortable right where they were.
But people had to flee their opressive country you say? We have incentive too.. to make sure World War III doesn't make us extinct.
Cool.. maybe I'll get an answer now. How do Red Hat 6.2 users upgrade? I saw Rawhide RPMs, but when I try using one of those I get this error:
rpm -Uvh XFree86-4.0.1-0.30.i386.rpm only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM error: XFree86-4.0.1-0.30.i386.rpm cannot be installed
So are there official RPMs anywhere? I get this same message when I try upgrading to RPM 4.0.
I think some of us finally after laughing loudly at first, then more and more quietly, at joke after stupider joke, are realizing that maybe Slashdot should change. Maybe the Linux community as a whole should change (Linux.com has up stupid polls too, missing a chance at getting actual valuable feedback from the community). Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's destined to stay the way it is. But if it is to change, that change will be to grow up. Then again.. serious news at Slashdot? Maturity from editors? (besides Jamie, she's the mature one) Maybe not in my lifetime.
The digital revolution isn't about making life physically easier. I'm thinking that'll be something like the robotic revolution? Or the nanotech revolution?
Also known as the information revolution, this one is all about spreading information, enlightening people, and hopefully making the world a smarter, more informed, and informationally free place to live.
That's what I miss the most in Linux.. of the viable editors, the only class view I've found is in the emacs speedbar, and it feels too weak to use to me.
I'm neither, and I can install most games given enough time. The problem is not that I'm stupid or clueless, it's that I watch my time and what I spend it on. And I don't want it spent on something the game companies should do for me.
I'm really starting to hate people who think that if you're "smart" you shouldn't mind spending time on mundane things like setting up 3D. I can do it, I just think it's pointless! Give me back my hour I spent setting it up and let me use it to code something cool and make Linux better!
The socialist vs. capitalist issue would be very serious I think.. the person responsible for this encouragement is "the man in charge of attracting investment to British Columbia".. of course he probably doesn't think too much about the big picture. If anything, the (more) socialist nature of Canada should encourage Open Source much more than M$-style companies.
Plus Canada always bends over backwards for the US, they are a very peaceful country and don't want trouble. M$ would be nuts to think they're safe there.
"What? You're going to tax Windows?!" "Yeah, you have a problem with that? Ha! We don't care! You don't live here anymore."
It's sad that something as simple as maximizing is a big reason I like KDE over Gnome, but KDE 1.0 and 1.1 always always maximized correctly. Now 1.9 maximizes full screen, either covering the panel or going behind it.
ARGH. It's great otherwise. I can't believe such an obvious bug would be left in! Is there an easy fix or does it need to be done in source?
I really like how mp3.com handles playlists, having links everywhere to stream mp3s from lots of different artists. And their stations are nice too. If mp3.com is shut down, where else can we listen to new artists?
I haven't downloaded it yet, but I hope native threads can make it in this release. It hurts running my Java apps in Linux while the threads run like they're in Windows 3.1.
Man this thread brings back memories.. I got my c64 when I was 4 (I'm 21 now), watched Peewee, and Computer Chronicles too. I remember on CC when they just started getting a lot of applications switching over to Windows, and the guy said "Hey, it works in Windows, I _like_ that". And so started my years as a drone Windows user until 1996...
I also remember learning about Einstein's Theory of Relativity on PBS on the weekends when I was in junior high.. with the show switching between the professor in the classroom, the semi-CG, and the shots of scientists in the 1800's walking around with scrolls.:)
I once posted about how we could get anti-aliasing support in to Linux quickly, commenting that we just need something that works. A BSD guy quickly slammed me for being a typical Linux user who just wants things to work.
We can't settle. Don't we want our OS to be the best? We won't get there by telling people things like "LILO is good enough! Leave it alone!"
I think maybe Taco meant that this large number of people shows that something has to change. MP3s and copyright laws aren't a clear-cut issue like murder. A whole lot of people think the old laws don't make sense any more, and therefore disregard the law. Sure, people do it because they can, but a lot of people do it because it really isn't that bad, and it hasn't been proven that in the end this takes money away from the record companies or the artists.
If this large number of people represents a new way of thinking, laws can be amended. Having numbers by itself doesn't make it right, but in this case I think it's indicitave of a need for change.
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Why will we colonize planets? Well, why did we colonize America? It was a long hard voyage across the ocean. Lots of people were comfortable right where they were.
But people had to flee their opressive country you say? We have incentive too.. to make sure World War III doesn't make us extinct.
Cool.. maybe I'll get an answer now. How do Red Hat 6.2 users upgrade? I saw Rawhide RPMs, but when I try using one of those I get this error:
rpm -Uvh XFree86-4.0.1-0.30.i386.rpm
only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
error: XFree86-4.0.1-0.30.i386.rpm cannot be installed
So are there official RPMs anywhere? I get this same message when I try upgrading to RPM 4.0.
I think some of us finally after laughing loudly at first, then more and more quietly, at joke after stupider joke, are realizing that maybe Slashdot should change. Maybe the Linux community as a whole should change (Linux.com has up stupid polls too, missing a chance at getting actual valuable feedback from the community). Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's destined to stay the way it is. But if it is to change, that change will be to grow up. Then again.. serious news at Slashdot? Maturity from editors? (besides Jamie, she's the mature one) Maybe not in my lifetime.
Do you still need to buy the manual to be productive with it? I thought that's how they made money before.
The digital revolution isn't about making life physically easier. I'm thinking that'll be something like the robotic revolution? Or the nanotech revolution?
Also known as the information revolution, this one is all about spreading information, enlightening people, and hopefully making the world a smarter, more informed, and informationally free place to live.
and I get modded DOWN!? take my karma, see if I care.
If it replaces Communicator, how do you deal with these not being in Mozilla?
That's what it was trading at this afternoon :)
I noticed Starcraft 64 the other day on Gamecenter.com. Seems they don't mind porting to other platforms, just not ours.
That's what I miss the most in Linux.. of the viable editors, the only class view I've found is in the emacs speedbar, and it feels too weak to use to me.
I'm really starting to hate people who think that if you're "smart" you shouldn't mind spending time on mundane things like setting up 3D. I can do it, I just think it's pointless! Give me back my hour I spent setting it up and let me use it to code something cool and make Linux better!
http://www.cn nfn.com/2000/06/02/technology/wires/microsoft_cana da_wg/
The socialist vs. capitalist issue would be very serious I think.. the person responsible for this encouragement is "the man in charge of attracting investment to British Columbia".. of course he probably doesn't think too much about the big picture. If anything, the (more) socialist nature of Canada should encourage Open Source much more than M$-style companies.
Plus Canada always bends over backwards for the US, they are a very peaceful country and don't want trouble. M$ would be nuts to think they're safe there.
"What? You're going to tax Windows?!"
"Yeah, you have a problem with that? Ha! We don't care! You don't live here anymore."
yeah, hmm, i'm not feeling particularly intelligent right now :P I just hate lain! I guess if you like 2001 then you can give it a shot.
Lame. Blech :P Give me esca or eva any day.
nt
Windows maximize correctly.
:-)
Maximize one window, open another, boom! Maximized.
Maximized windows don't move.
Terminals always seem to pop up in the right place.
Things Just Work Right. By Default.
It's sad that something as simple as maximizing is a big reason I like KDE over Gnome, but KDE 1.0 and 1.1 always always maximized correctly. Now 1.9 maximizes full screen, either covering the panel or going behind it.
ARGH. It's great otherwise. I can't believe such an obvious bug would be left in! Is there an easy fix or does it need to be done in source?
I really like how mp3.com handles playlists, having links everywhere to stream mp3s from lots of different artists. And their stations are nice too. If mp3.com is shut down, where else can we listen to new artists?
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I haven't downloaded it yet, but I hope native threads can make it in this release. It hurts running my Java apps in Linux while the threads run like they're in Windows 3.1.
Man this thread brings back memories.. I got my c64 when I was 4 (I'm 21 now), watched Peewee, and Computer Chronicles too. I remember on CC when they just started getting a lot of applications switching over to Windows, and the guy said "Hey, it works in Windows, I _like_ that". And so started my years as a drone Windows user until 1996...
:)
I also remember learning about Einstein's Theory of Relativity on PBS on the weekends when I was in junior high.. with the show switching between the professor in the classroom, the semi-CG, and the shots of scientists in the 1800's walking around with scrolls.
I once posted about how we could get anti-aliasing support in to Linux quickly, commenting that we just need something that works. A BSD guy quickly slammed me for being a typical Linux user who just wants things to work.
We can't settle. Don't we want our OS to be the best? We won't get there by telling people things like "LILO is good enough! Leave it alone!"
I think maybe Taco meant that this large number of people shows that something has to change. MP3s and copyright laws aren't a clear-cut issue like murder. A whole lot of people think the old laws don't make sense any more, and therefore disregard the law. Sure, people do it because they can, but a lot of people do it because it really isn't that bad, and it hasn't been proven that in the end this takes money away from the record companies or the artists.
If this large number of people represents a new way of thinking, laws can be amended. Having numbers by itself doesn't make it right, but in this case I think it's indicitave of a need for change.