As a DJ, I know full well the PE and Ice T are has beens, but the other artists listed ( and yes SSS's Love Missle F-111 is still on of the most requested dance tunes ) they are not has beens at least not in the publics eye. ____________________________________________ ____________ Can We trust the future - Flesh99
The Artist Formerly Known As The Artist Formerly Known As Prince
And this is about twenty seconds of looking,in one publication (links are to the articles) but all these poor garage bands who'll never get a real gig. Right ? Hell the beastie boys are streaming MP3s........
________________________________________________ ________ Can We trust the future - Flesh99
I think the Melissa virus proves that you could get slammed for using a Microsoft proprietary system. The Melissa virus proves that security holes can exist in pieces of software. It's just a newer version of the Internet Worm, and I don't remember any MS ware being involved in that.
I think he was refering to the fact that the programmer of the Melissa virus was caught because of a Big Brother Bill tracking number that is inherent to all documents created with MS Office.
________________________________________________ ________ Can We trust the future - Flesh99
If it takes half the time to download, them MP3, RealAudio etc. don't stand a chance, cross-platform or not
You are missing the point, if you have to pay for MS Audio then it still doesn't stand a chance. M$ doesn't have the pull to remove something from hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, and as long as those people choose to d/l music it'll be MP3 until something else free and better comes along. As for bandwidth that problem is already being adressed. But a discussion of that would be off-topic.
________________________________________________ ________ Can We trust the future - Flesh99
I am a 27 year old and own a Wang LVP that still works, I could count the changes since then but I won't bother. I am too busy trying to keep up with this ever changing technological world we live in. I am currently a project manager for a large multi-national companey. We are implemting a enterprise wide backup standard using DLT. I occasionally look at my old Phoenix platters and 8" floppies and get a little teary eyed.
The social implications of the fast advances in technology enforce a survival of the fittest arena. Only the fast survive, one day all of us will be phased-out, down-sized, or out-sourced, probably by someone younger and faster, and we will be the ones that sound old when we talk about things we know and love. ___________________________________________ _____________ Can We trust the future - Flesh99
What if I don't wnat to crawl ?? ______________________________________________ __________ Can We trust the future - Flesh99
Democrats have a healthy distrust of big business
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I am well aware that the Excel example illustrates a very anti-microsoft point. Let me re-state this I hate M$. Bu I do not feel what they are doing compares with the companies that the anti-trust laws were enacted to protect the public from. In fact they do just the opposite, strangely enough the only other choice for a new home user would be Mac. M$ and Mac are the only two OS's friendly wnough to keep a new user interested in using computers. KDE is nice but once again Linux is about siz months or more in supporting new hardware, both KDE and X have trouble with high end AGP adapters.
Are we off topic or what 8-)
The company I work for has a corporate directive that nothing critical will be run on NT. So I can see both sides of the coin. However I hold a firm belief the most of our laws are antiquated. Anti-trust, income tax are tow examples. Until a new computer user can put in a CD and install Linux with only four or five options then M$ will be on top no matter the damn gov't does. If you force then to stop what they are doing then you will turn ne users off to computers completely. I hate to say this but right now M$ is good for the public. Fight your Jyhad all you want, but you won't win, at least not yet, because the public wants M$. You can no longer say that it is because they don't have any choice, because the choices are out there. __________________________________________ ______________ Can We trust the future - Flesh99
Democrats have a healthy distrust of big business
on
Al Gore Buzzword Bingo
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· Score: 1
Are you even remotely aware of a concept known as as "free market" the whole anti trust thing goes against the basic nature of a free market. As anti-Micro-squish as I am, I have to say the governments actions in this case are apalling to me, and as much as I hate MS, the public loves them, much like Clinton or any President who gets elected, there are some who hate them, but they were elected.
Now before you scream and rave about "lack of choice", every store I shop at has Redhat Linux in a box about 3-6 feet from MS's OSs, and you know the honest truth, as much as I hate to admit it, MS' OSs are more "user friendly" than Liunx. I personally use the SuSE distro at the office, and unfotunatley have to use MS at the house for two reasons, the main reason being lack of hardware support for X Windows or XFree86. I have a dual boot to a SuSE install but the Apps my wife needs to use require a GUI, and there is the second reason. My wifes job requires her to use Excel. Until there is a much more user friendly version of Linux or a release of X that supports the high end of video cards things can't change.
Synopsis: The gov't has no damn business in the business world and should get the hell out.
Flesh99 (Expecting the flames very soon) ___________________________________________ _____________ Can We trust the future - Flesh99
Ok.....heres how it goes, people have the right to destroy their bodies all they want to, up to the point it affects ANYONE else. There are plenty of drugs that almost instantly change a person into a raving lunatic. It is plain to see that you have never been affected by drugs because the only people who advocate making drugs leag are addicts and people who have never seriously used drugs.
I could rant for pages on how drugs destroyed friends of mine how never used them, (Robberies for drug money and the like) or how I have seen families torn apart by them, but I feel my words would be lost on you. It is very few drug users who have not stepped on other peoples rights. It IS the governments responsibility to protect it's citzens, even from theirselves. ____________________________________ ____________________ Can We trust the future - Flesh99
So you are stating you would vote against a party, and not for a canidate. It is voters like you that make both major parties the evil that they are today. If every one of us would study the canidates and vote based on their qualifications and views then maybe we would actually send a message by electing more than a few independants.
It is directly because of voters like you that the "fringe parties" you mentioned are unlikely to get elected.
To stay on topic however, Al Gore seems to jump on any bandwagon that rolls past. The technology bandwagon wasn't the first and it won't be the last. Much like Clinton when push comes to shove he will back down and weasle his way out of whatever promises he makes. I think the Democrats only chance is to put canidate up who will stand behind the issues and fight for what he believes in. You say the Republican party is reactionary, wouldn't Al Gore jumping on the technology bandwagon and using buzzwords when he has no idea what they mean be a little reactionary. Maybe not in the same sense you use it in, but reactionary none the less.
I choose not to reveal my party affiliation but, suffice it to say Gore does not have my vote, if for no other reason than by being un-informed he only proves his ignorance. There are canidates within the Democratic party who would stand a much better chance than Gore, but the status quo says that we must nominate the Vice-President no matter how ignorant he is. I say down with the status quo of both parties and down with ignorant voters.
________________________________________________ ________ Can We trust the future - Flesh99
If Linux wants to attract a PC customer base and be a threat to Microsquish then we must support the newbies. I have multiple releases of Linux and when I started I was very confused. I now have close to 20 books on it. The manuals that came with each release (or the lack of manuals) were not always helpful. Just ignoring people or trashing them because they don't know anything helps insure that the populus at large will remain part of the Borg that is Microsoft. ______________________________________ __________________ Can We trust the future - Flesh99
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As a DJ, I know full well the PE and Ice T are has beens, but the other artists listed ( and yes SSS's Love Missle F-111 is still on of the most requested dance tunes ) they are not has beens at least not in the publics eye._ ____________
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Chuck D. and Public Enemy
The Beastie Boys
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Ice T Who offers his newest only as MP3
Tom Petty
The Artist Formerly Known As The Artist Formerly Known As Prince
And this is about twenty seconds of looking,in one publication (links are to the articles) but all these poor garage bands who'll never get a real gig. Right ? Hell the beastie boys are streaming MP3s........
_______________________________________________
Can We trust the future - Flesh99
I think the Melissa virus proves that you could get slammed for using a Microsoft proprietary system.
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The Melissa virus proves that security holes can exist in pieces of software. It's just a newer version of the Internet Worm, and I don't remember any MS ware being involved in that.
I think he was refering to the fact that the programmer of the Melissa virus was caught because of a Big Brother Bill tracking number that is inherent to all documents created with MS Office.
_______________________________________________
Can We trust the future - Flesh99
If it takes half the time to download, them MP3, RealAudio etc. don't stand a chance, cross-platform or not
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You are missing the point, if you have to pay for MS Audio then it still doesn't stand a chance. M$ doesn't have the pull to remove something from hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, and as long as those people choose to d/l music it'll be MP3 until something else free and better comes along.
As for bandwidth that problem is already being adressed. But a discussion of that would be off-topic.
_______________________________________________
Can We trust the future - Flesh99
I am a 27 year old and own a Wang LVP that still works, I could count the changes since then but I won't bother. I am too busy trying to keep up with this ever changing technological world we live in. I am currently a project manager for a large multi-national companey. We are implemting a enterprise wide backup standard using DLT. I occasionally look at my old Phoenix platters and 8" floppies and get a little teary eyed.
_ _____________
The social implications of the fast advances in technology enforce a survival of the fittest arena. Only the fast survive, one day all of us will be phased-out, down-sized, or out-sourced, probably by someone younger and faster, and we will be the ones that sound old when we talk about things we know and love.
__________________________________________
Can We trust the future - Flesh99
What if I don't wnat to crawl ??_ __________
_____________________________________________
Can We trust the future - Flesh99
I am well aware that the Excel example illustrates a very anti-microsoft point. Let me re-state this I hate M$. Bu I do not feel what they are doing compares with the companies that the anti-trust laws were enacted to protect the public from. In fact they do just the opposite, strangely enough the only other choice for a new home user would be Mac. M$ and Mac are the only two OS's friendly wnough to keep a new user interested in using computers. KDE is nice but once again Linux is about siz months or more in supporting new hardware, both KDE and X have trouble with high end AGP adapters.
_ ______________
Are we off topic or what 8-)
The company I work for has a corporate directive that nothing critical will be run on NT. So I can see both sides of the coin. However I hold a firm belief the most of our laws are antiquated. Anti-trust, income tax are tow examples. Until a new computer user can put in a CD and install Linux with only four or five options then M$ will be on top no matter the damn gov't does. If you force then to stop what they are doing then you will turn ne users off to computers completely. I hate to say this but right now M$ is good for the public. Fight your Jyhad all you want, but you won't win, at least not yet, because the public wants M$. You can no longer say that it is because they don't have any choice, because the choices are out there.
_________________________________________
Can We trust the future - Flesh99
Are you even remotely aware of a concept known as as "free market" the whole anti trust thing goes against the basic nature of a free market. As anti-Micro-squish as I am, I have to say the governments actions in this case are apalling to me, and as much as I hate MS, the public loves them, much like Clinton or any President who gets elected, there are some who hate them, but they were elected.
_ _____________
Now before you scream and rave about "lack of choice", every store I shop at has Redhat Linux in a box about 3-6 feet from MS's OSs, and you know the honest truth, as much as I hate to admit it, MS' OSs are more "user friendly" than Liunx. I personally use the SuSE distro at the office, and unfotunatley have to use MS at the house for two reasons, the main reason being lack of hardware support for X Windows or XFree86. I have a dual boot to a SuSE install but the Apps my wife needs to use require a GUI, and there is the second reason. My wifes job requires her to use Excel. Until there is a much more user friendly version of Linux or a release of X that supports the high end of video cards things can't change.
Synopsis: The gov't has no damn business in the business world and should get the hell out.
Flesh99 (Expecting the flames very soon)
__________________________________________
Can We trust the future - Flesh99
Ok.....heres how it goes, people have the right to destroy their bodies all they want to, up to the point it affects ANYONE else. There are plenty of drugs that almost instantly change a person into a raving lunatic. It is plain to see that you have never been affected by drugs because the only people who advocate making drugs leag are addicts and people who have never seriously used drugs.
_ ____________________
I could rant for pages on how drugs destroyed friends of mine how never used them, (Robberies for drug money and the like) or how I have seen families torn apart by them, but I feel my words would be lost on you. It is very few drug users who have not stepped on other peoples rights. It IS the governments responsibility to protect it's citzens, even from theirselves.
___________________________________
Can We trust the future - Flesh99
So you are stating you would vote against a party, and not for a canidate. It is voters like you that make both major parties the evil that they are today. If every one of us would study the canidates and vote based on their qualifications and views then maybe we would actually send a message by electing more than a few independants.
_ ________
It is directly because of voters like you that the "fringe parties" you mentioned are unlikely to get elected.
To stay on topic however, Al Gore seems to jump on any bandwagon that rolls past. The technology bandwagon wasn't the first and it won't be the last. Much like Clinton when push comes to shove he will back down and weasle his way out of whatever promises he makes. I think the Democrats only chance is to put canidate up who will stand behind the issues and fight for what he believes in. You say the Republican party is reactionary, wouldn't Al Gore jumping on the technology bandwagon and using buzzwords when he has no idea what they mean be a little reactionary. Maybe not in the same sense you use it in, but reactionary none the less.
I choose not to reveal my party affiliation but, suffice it to say Gore does not have my vote, if for no other reason than by being un-informed he only proves his ignorance. There are canidates within the Democratic party who would stand a much better chance than Gore, but the status quo says that we must nominate the Vice-President no matter how ignorant he is. I say down with the status quo of both parties and down with ignorant voters.
_______________________________________________
Can We trust the future - Flesh99
If Linux wants to attract a PC customer base and be a threat to Microsquish then we must support the newbies. I have multiple releases of Linux and when I started I was very confused. I now have close to 20 books on it. The manuals that came with each release (or the lack of manuals) were not always helpful. Just ignoring people or trashing them because they don't know anything helps insure that the populus at large will remain part of the Borg that is Microsoft._ __________________
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Can We trust the future - Flesh99