Clearly, it's probably found us, looked at us, and then decided to ignore us. We are sooo boring. Why would ANY species even care about us in the first place? We might be interesting from a scientific standpoint, though.
P.S. This story is just ASKING for wacky UFO-ologoy websties to be posted. Consider yourself warned.
Please Moderate The Parent Of This Comment Down.
This has been posted sooo many times already. Why don't we just have a story of this and be done with it?
Has anyone though about this:OVERKILL? We have some people in our neighborhood who I think can be aressted for disturbing the peace. But these people... they take the (fruit)cake! The computer-controlled lights are kind of cool, though.
It would be useful for webservers (or any other server for that matter). Upgrade w/o reboot, full redundancy (if one crashes, the other goes on). This would increase the reliablility of the internet tremendously. Not to mention, you can run Debian + RedHat at the same time:)
Yes. The day I learn anymore that webmin + linuxconf for configuration... never? And when I learn how to work BastilleFirewall... and why my xterms suddenly lost color for no apparent reason... and why I can't su from an xterm... Good God, of course I have no Linux Experience.
oops, it is GPLed, or something pretty close. ignore line in previous comment. New thought: Hey! free game companies can use it too. Maybe a Bot-Building game...? Are you listening, SourceForge community?
Looks like only two uses for this:
1. 3D Research
2. Games
I honestly cannot think of any other logical uses for this library. And the places that do either category probably already have this, but it's nice to see some free stuff though. Now if only they'd GPL it...
grr.... KDE and GNOME are nearly the same. How could they think that? I installed Linux-Mandrake 8.0 with VERY LITTLE PRIOR LINUX KNOWLEDGE, and before that installed Caldera eDesktop 2.4, and before that RedHat 7.1 (tried out a bunch a distros, what can I say?). I find it extremly easy to use. The only thing that bugs me is the installation of non-distro-supplied software. This should be streamlined, so that the program automatically downloads all its dependancies when you tell it to. I don't understand. All these student sound like they've been brainwashed. Next they'll be telling us the virtues of AOL.
(sorry, no hyperlink for Caldera, couldn't remeber if they are still in business or not.)
The way the author describes this, they make it sound like something impressive. But, um... could someone fill me in here? And for all the other clueless out there?
With a little more polish (multi-user, better networking) it coulda been a contender. You can still get it at http://free.be.com, the free version. I think that Palm should open-source it; because it has some nice features (multi-thread apps, REALLY nice interface). Alas, it seems it is doomed.
I'm pretty mad about this too, Microsoft doing all of that and all. Every game published by Microsoft is one game that will NEVER be ported to Linux. We coulda had Age of Empires II for Linux by now...:(
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I'm sorry for this comment. I made it in hot blood.
MODIFICATION: Corporations do this kind of VERY stoopid thing all the time, and it drives me insane. I happen to think that they should allow the PS2 to be modified, because then sales would go up. They are only hurting themselves.
So what? Why does Sony even CARE? Does it even matter? If I have a PC, will Dell kill me for installing a PCI card? Of course not. If I want to overclock it, sure, it'll invalidate my warranty, but they're not going to pursue legal action against me. Please, Sony, keep it in perspective.
Honestly, people. Nanotech is decades off. This whole thing was completley blown out of proportion. Let's keep it in reality, please. What's the point of even having a business alliance for a non-existant business? "MARTIAN MINING BUSINESS COALITON" would be equally useful. It's possible, but still years off.
Maybe you could build in a basement, and then build the roof of that room out of metal. The heat would be used to heat the rest of the house; and it would keep the room (relativley) cool. Barring that, a BIG fan might help also.
It's already/.-ed, so I looked at it only a little bit...
What will really decide the fate of this game is whether or not it can run on low-end machines (P200, 64MB RAM, 3 GB HD, NO 3-D Accelerator). A Mac release would also help the popularity.
Other than that, it seems custom-tailored to/., hacking and games and Linux, all in one:P
So it'll be like USENET, with all the retarded advertisemnets and the shouting, raging morons? Except in the air? This technology would have to either be moderated or you'd have to buy rights, because this has such a massive potential for abuse:
Washington Monument: h3y! t415 100ks 11K3 a D1C|! hururur!
Some post-office: got anthrax?
The tastless will be brought out of USENET and/. and onto our fields and mountains and monuments. I will never, ever get a reader for this technology.
It must be hell in there... songs playing all the time. Wonder why it isn't slashdotted yet...? Maybe Plastic Tree + Linux = unslashdottable.
How does the treeserver react to soooo many people picking songs? Does it make a playlist? Or does it simply switch?
Slashdot Mirror
Clearly, it's probably found us, looked at us, and then decided to ignore us. We are sooo boring. Why would ANY species even care about us in the first place? We might be interesting from a scientific standpoint, though.
P.S. This story is just ASKING for wacky UFO-ologoy websties to be posted. Consider yourself warned.
Please Moderate The Parent Of This Comment Down.
This has been posted sooo many times already. Why don't we just have a story of this and be done with it?
Has anyone though about this:OVERKILL? We have some people in our neighborhood who I think can be aressted for disturbing the peace. But these people... they take the (fruit)cake! The computer-controlled lights are kind of cool, though.
Alpha Centauri... of course! It's avalible for Linux, Mac, Windows, and Loki even claims it works with FreeBSD. Get your copy today, lokigames.com!
It would be useful for webservers (or any other server for that matter). Upgrade w/o reboot, full redundancy (if one crashes, the other goes on). This would increase the reliablility of the internet tremendously. Not to mention, you can run Debian + RedHat at the same time :)
Yes. The day I learn anymore that webmin + linuxconf for configuration... never? And when I learn how to work BastilleFirewall... and why my xterms suddenly lost color for no apparent reason... and why I can't su from an xterm... Good God, of course I have no Linux Experience.
oops, it is GPLed, or something pretty close. ignore line in previous comment. New thought: Hey! free game companies can use it too. Maybe a Bot-Building game...? Are you listening, SourceForge community?
Looks like only two uses for this:
1. 3D Research
2. Games
I honestly cannot think of any other logical uses for this library. And the places that do either category probably already have this, but it's nice to see some free stuff though. Now if only they'd GPL it...
grr.... KDE and GNOME are nearly the same. How could they think that? I installed Linux-Mandrake 8.0 with VERY LITTLE PRIOR LINUX KNOWLEDGE, and before that installed Caldera eDesktop 2.4, and before that RedHat 7.1 (tried out a bunch a distros, what can I say?). I find it extremly easy to use. The only thing that bugs me is the installation of non-distro-supplied software. This should be streamlined, so that the program automatically downloads all its dependancies when you tell it to. I don't understand. All these student sound like they've been brainwashed. Next they'll be telling us the virtues of AOL.
(sorry, no hyperlink for Caldera, couldn't remeber if they are still in business or not.)
The way the author describes this, they make it sound like something impressive. But, um... could someone fill me in here? And for all the other clueless out there?
One last time... AdCritic is slashdotted. Horrible, really.
But does it run under alternative operating systems? And does it use up power? and is there a Homeplug-Ethernet bridge? What's the catch?
I think there is a piece of software called "GNUCash" or something. You may want to check it out.
With a little more polish (multi-user, better networking) it coulda been a contender. You can still get it at http://free.be.com, the free version. I think that Palm should open-source it; because it has some nice features (multi-thread apps, REALLY nice interface). Alas, it seems it is doomed.
I'm pretty mad about this too, Microsoft doing all of that and all. Every game published by Microsoft is one game that will NEVER be ported to Linux. We coulda had Age of Empires II for Linux by now... :(
P.S. You almost make insightful comments, more than I can say for some registered users. Consider registering!
I'm sorry for this comment. I made it in hot blood.
MODIFICATION:
Corporations do this kind of VERY stoopid thing all the time, and it drives me insane. I happen to think that they should allow the PS2 to be modified, because then sales would go up. They are only hurting themselves.
So what? Why does Sony even CARE? Does it even matter? If I have a PC, will Dell kill me for installing a PCI card? Of course not. If I want to overclock it, sure, it'll invalidate my warranty, but they're not going to pursue legal action against me. Please, Sony, keep it in perspective.
This sounds like the sort of course that would be offered to people who are just there for the sports.
Honestly, people. Nanotech is decades off. This whole thing was completley blown out of proportion. Let's keep it in reality, please. What's the point of even having a business alliance for a non-existant business? "MARTIAN MINING BUSINESS COALITON" would be equally useful. It's possible, but still years off.
Maybe you could build in a basement, and then build the roof of that room out of metal. The heat would be used to heat the rest of the house; and it would keep the room (relativley) cool. Barring that, a BIG fan might help also.
The serious graphics professional accepts no imitation for Photoshp. Period.
(emphasis added)
Except, of course, Photoshop.
they're UGO!
Wait a second....
It's already /.-ed, so I looked at it only a little bit...
/., hacking and games and Linux, all in one :P
What will really decide the fate of this game is whether or not it can run on low-end machines (P200, 64MB RAM, 3 GB HD, NO 3-D Accelerator). A Mac release would also help the popularity.
Other than that, it seems custom-tailored to
So it'll be like USENET, with all the retarded advertisemnets and the shouting, raging morons? Except in the air? This technology would have to either be moderated or you'd have to buy rights, because this has such a massive potential for abuse:
/. and onto our fields and mountains and monuments. I will never, ever get a reader for this technology.
Washington Monument: h3y! t415 100ks 11K3 a D1C|! hururur!
Some post-office: got anthrax?
The tastless will be brought out of USENET and
It must be hell in there... songs playing all the time. Wonder why it isn't slashdotted yet...? Maybe Plastic Tree + Linux = unslashdottable.
How does the treeserver react to soooo many people picking songs? Does it make a playlist? Or does it simply switch?