I think Microsoft has some competition, finally! Check out this from the release notes:
* The path button is now more obviously a button.
Wow, a button this is... MORE OBVIOUSLY, a button! Alright!
* GNOME 2.10 introduces a new applet for controlling your Modem, integrated with GNOME System Tools.
Words fail me. I'm going to go out and get a modem, just so I can try this!
Finally,
* daily weather forecasts / Get even more weather
This one, I am not so sure of. Geeks don't leave the house! Why couldn't they make an applet that checks how much of their parents money they've spent living in their basements? How about how much more money they need before Scott Bakula will agree to do the next season of Enterprise? THAT would have been helpful.
I don't know about "real good" but it was a descent update to an already great song. A lot of bands cover new order, although this Orgy version of blue monday was probably the best so far. Ever hear the Stabbing Westward version of Bizarre Love Triangle? Horrible. But a german band called Commercial Breakup did it, and it was pretty good, very techno. But, I realized the other day, New Order is less about techno, even though they arguably were at the forefront of such music, and simply more about the music. Its great wonderful stuff, and I highly recommend everyone go download it from iTunes music store, or whatever piece of crap you Windows guys use.
Tell me, what was more important, that dupe story that you always post, CmdrTaco, or some story about how some Free Software package is at its 0.3.4 release. Maybe the story that was posted 2 days ago on LinuxToday.
Please, you can come up with whatever reason you want for things, its your site, but don't be so blatant about it. You never passed on a story because something else was too important, unless it was 9/11 and someone submitted a review of what they'll think the next Duke Nukem will be about. You spell words wrong, you never check your sources, you never even check your own site (sometimes on the same goddamn page) to see if a story has already been posted. You're a goddamn idiot, and you should stop trying to act smart.
I can't believe the hypocrisy on slashdot, even after all the ass reaming cmdrtaco takes about it. Is he trying to do this, maybe slowly switching things over to 'Hey, XP is cool!' so that all the morons who switched over to linux because of this site, will slowly switch back to XP because of shit like NWN? C'mon, its a fucking game, and I think it even runs under Linux (or will) and is being ported to the Mac. I'm sure CmdrTaco and the rest of the/. bunch ran out to get Xboxes, even as they come back and bitch about how much "M$" sucks.
I don't run MS Software. I run Omniweb for a browser on Mac OS X. I don't use Office, I use Appleworks, and if not, I could always run KOffice or even star office.
Mods will probably mark this as off-topic, but c'mon, is cmdrtaco's offhand "Look I run XP" comment on topic? Of course, he's not as easy to moderate, I suppose.
I look around, and I see a lot of new faces. Which means a lot of you are breaking the first two rules of fight club. I look at the men in fight club, and i've seen some of the best and brightest trolls ever. And i've seen their talent squandered. I've seen mod points wasted on pointless drivel. We need to evolve, and let the chips fall where they may...
Hey, what am i doing here? Why am i posting on slashdot? Was I alseep...
... Without a degree. Lots of times on interviews, people ask "Do you have a degree?" To some people it matters, to others it doesn't. Generally schools like to see that you have a degree, for various reasons. Once I asked "If I did, would it even make a difference?" The person who was interviewing me said 'Probably not'.
My parents also always push to get a degree... Sometimes i wonder if it would help, as right now I'm out of a job, and starting to get desperate..;). But I have one thing a person who spent 4 years in college won't have over me, and thats 5 years experience as a System Administrator. Who would you rather have in charge of your systems, someone who has been doing this for a while now, or someone who's only read about it?
Anyway, congrats on wanting to be an SA, its a good career choice I think, as you get exposed to a lot, and it can lead to other things, programming, DBA, network guy etc etc....
Over all though, college looks like its a lot of fun, if a lot of work. If your parents will pay for it, I say go for it! Maybe you'll get to go to a few good parties...
You need a memory card, and once its formatted for linux, it can't be used for Ps2 games. Also, you can use the hard drive for PS2 games, but i think the network adapter is ok (no dial up on the BBA that comes with the linux kit).
All in all, i think you'd be better off with a dreamcast. Everything is a lot cheaper, so when you're sick of it in a month, you haven't invested a lot of money into it...
You could do that, I suppose. But then you don't have any way to correctly shut down the box, and since the disks are mounted, you run the risk of data corruption... this whole hack, while interesting, doesn't seem like it would really have much value in the real world.
No, you wouldn't be able to. As init moves through the run levels, it umounts the disks, so I don't know where you'd get the data to serve web pages from...
Really, all this discussion is insane. Just run OpenBSD, don't do anything stupid, and you'll be just fine...
This really doesn't seem like its that great. You get a 750CX (IBM's G3), 133mhz FSB, a few PCI slots, 1 AGP 2x slot, and a few other things like ethernet etc, and its almost 4 grand. Geez! I think you'd be better off with a fancy new dual G4 + GeForce 4 (Which, of course, you won't actually be able to get until the rest of us have had GeForce 4's for months) for $3k, which is complete, and even comes with a case.
So rob, how long before we see the infamous slashdot cruiser up on ebay? I figure, that sucker has gotta be worth at least the price of a new PT Cruiser! Maybe even more once you get rid of the 'slashdot.org' stickers....
I have a toyota celica GTS. Its light, about 2500 pounds, revs to around 8200RPMS (redline is at 7800 though), and has 180 Horsepower. A corvette, which is heavier, and has a pushrod engine, will still smoke it. Despite my cars technical abilities... sometimes, you're just too far behind.
They are called girls. Thats what Lisa from The Simpsons is. A girl. They are soft, sometimes nice, and have boobies. Boobies are good. Once you've discovered girls (one may even be your Pascal teacher!), you should persue them. For years you won't even be able to build up the courage to do anything other than puke on them, or maybe drool and stutter uncontrollably, but eventually you may get the courage to ask one out. After another few years of that, assuming you haven't slit your wrists from the pain of rejection, one may even say yes! Even though it'll most likely be out of pity, you too may get a shot at boobi... i mean girls. Yes girls, recompiling your kernel for the 8millionth time may be fun, but nothing beats girls! Or trolling on/.... but the hour is late, and that is a different tale...
Has anyone hacked a TiVo and put in ethernet and made it work with their service? I would like to get one, but would rather not use my phoneline, when I have a perfectly good ethernet that is very close to the TV (pain to run the phone cable, but the cable modem and hub are right behind the TV...).
we are paramount of borg.
you will watch our new trek series.
transporters are irrelevant, it would be no fun
if we just beamed the problems away- the episodes
would be over in 10 minutes.
data is irrelevant, what the fuck kind of android
paints anyway?
resistance is futile. also, don't forget reruns
of next generation on channel 9.
I think this is how novell plans to stay in business. They'll just hide all the servers behind walls, and then you'll never be able to get rid of them! Microsoft wishes they had that going on!
We use a few Ultra5s here as servers. They suck. Nice UltraSparc II processor, but only running at 360mhz, these things are big and slow, and worst of all, really expensive! They get the job done, but there are other better and cheaper (and smaller) alternatives from companies like VA Linux.
The U5 makes a nice workstation, but thats about it. Glad to see these things coming out, cheaply, and with UltraSparcIII processors!
Slashdot Mirror
I can still hear the nameless one say, "Updated my journal..."
I think Microsoft has some competition, finally! Check out this from the release notes:
... MORE OBVIOUSLY, a button! Alright!
* The path button is now more obviously a button.
Wow, a button this is
* GNOME 2.10 introduces a new applet for controlling your Modem, integrated with GNOME System Tools.
Words fail me. I'm going to go out and get a modem, just so I can try this!
Finally,
* daily weather forecasts / Get even more weather
This one, I am not so sure of. Geeks don't leave the house! Why couldn't they make an applet that checks how much of their parents money they've spent living in their basements? How about how much more money they need before Scott Bakula will agree to do the next season of Enterprise? THAT would have been helpful.
I don't know about "real good" but it was a descent update to an already great song. A lot of bands cover new order, although this Orgy version of blue monday was probably the best so far. Ever hear the Stabbing Westward version of Bizarre Love Triangle? Horrible. But a german band called Commercial Breakup did it, and it was pretty good, very techno. But, I realized the other day, New Order is less about techno, even though they arguably were at the forefront of such music, and simply more about the music. Its great wonderful stuff, and I highly recommend everyone go download it from iTunes music store, or whatever piece of crap you Windows guys use.
Awww... someone needs a hug!
Tell me, what was more important, that dupe story that you always post, CmdrTaco, or some story about how some Free Software package is at its 0.3.4 release. Maybe the story that was posted 2 days ago on LinuxToday.
Please, you can come up with whatever reason you want for things, its your site, but don't be so blatant about it. You never passed on a story because something else was too important, unless it was 9/11 and someone submitted a review of what they'll think the next Duke Nukem will be about. You spell words wrong, you never check your sources, you never even check your own site (sometimes on the same goddamn page) to see if a story has already been posted. You're a goddamn idiot, and you should stop trying to act smart.
It was me, i stole your bandwidth. I'm sorry. I'll give it back now. It didn't taste good anyway.
I really like this comment of his:
"...and disgruntled Microsoft wannabes have poured huge quantities of often inferior, but nonetheless requirements-driven, open source software"
synthesist.net runs on Apache.
I guess he took some time away from raping young boys to build this. Glad they have other hobbies!
I can't believe the hypocrisy on slashdot, even after all the ass reaming cmdrtaco takes about it. Is he trying to do this, maybe slowly switching things over to 'Hey, XP is cool!' so that all the morons who switched over to linux because of this site, will slowly switch back to XP because of shit like NWN? C'mon, its a fucking game, and I think it even runs under Linux (or will) and is being ported to the Mac. I'm sure CmdrTaco and the rest of the /. bunch ran out to get Xboxes, even as they come back and bitch about how much "M$" sucks.
I don't run MS Software. I run Omniweb for a browser on Mac OS X. I don't use Office, I use Appleworks, and if not, I could always run KOffice or even star office.
Mods will probably mark this as off-topic, but c'mon, is cmdrtaco's offhand "Look I run XP" comment on topic? Of course, he's not as easy to moderate, I suppose.
I look around, and I see a lot of new faces. Which means a lot of you are breaking the first two rules of fight club. I look at the men in fight club, and i've seen some of the best and brightest trolls ever. And i've seen their talent squandered. I've seen mod points wasted on pointless drivel. We need to evolve, and let the chips fall where they may...
...
Hey, what am i doing here? Why am i posting on slashdot? Was I alseep
"If there is one thing I can't stand, it's watching a bunch of rich, fat, overpaid, overhyped dot-con..."
..
... Case in point:7 -3.jpg
Did you mean ESR? I mean, he qualifies in all those
"..executives.."
Executive is one thing the man is not
http://tuxedo.org/~esr/graphics/raymond00
... Without a degree. Lots of times on interviews, people ask "Do you have a degree?" To some people it matters, to others it doesn't. Generally schools like to see that you have a degree, for various reasons. Once I asked "If I did, would it even make a difference?" The person who was interviewing me said 'Probably not'.
... Sometimes i wonder if it would help, as right now I'm out of a job, and starting to get desperate .. ;). But I have one thing a person who spent 4 years in college won't have over me, and thats 5 years experience as a System Administrator. Who would you rather have in charge of your systems, someone who has been doing this for a while now, or someone who's only read about it?
....
...
My parents also always push to get a degree
Anyway, congrats on wanting to be an SA, its a good career choice I think, as you get exposed to a lot, and it can lead to other things, programming, DBA, network guy etc etc
Over all though, college looks like its a lot of fun, if a lot of work. If your parents will pay for it, I say go for it! Maybe you'll get to go to a few good parties
Choose no life. Choose System Administration.
Can I get the icon in cornflower blue?
You need a memory card, and once its formatted for linux, it can't be used for Ps2 games. Also, you can use the hard drive for PS2 games, but i think the network adapter is ok (no dial up on the BBA that comes with the linux kit).
All in all, i think you'd be better off with a dreamcast. Everything is a lot cheaper, so when you're sick of it in a month, you haven't invested a lot of money into it...
You could do that, I suppose. But then you don't have any way to correctly shut down the box, and since the disks are mounted, you run the risk of data corruption ... this whole hack, while interesting, doesn't seem like it would really have much value in the real world.
No, you wouldn't be able to. As init moves through the run levels, it umounts the disks, so I don't know where you'd get the data to serve web pages from ...
...
Really, all this discussion is insane. Just run OpenBSD, don't do anything stupid, and you'll be just fine
This really doesn't seem like its that great. You get a 750CX (IBM's G3), 133mhz FSB, a few PCI slots, 1 AGP 2x slot, and a few other things like ethernet etc, and its almost 4 grand. Geez! I think you'd be better off with a fancy new dual G4 + GeForce 4 (Which, of course, you won't actually be able to get until the rest of us have had GeForce 4's for months) for $3k, which is complete, and even comes with a case.
So rob, how long before we see the infamous slashdot cruiser up on ebay? I figure, that sucker has gotta be worth at least the price of a new PT Cruiser! Maybe even more once you get rid of the 'slashdot.org' stickers ....
I have a toyota celica GTS. Its light, about 2500 pounds, revs to around 8200RPMS (redline is at 7800 though), and has 180 Horsepower. A corvette, which is heavier, and has a pushrod engine, will still smoke it. Despite my cars technical abilities ... sometimes, you're just too far behind.
They are called girls. Thats what Lisa from The Simpsons is. A girl. They are soft, sometimes nice, and have boobies. Boobies are good. Once you've discovered girls (one may even be your Pascal teacher!), you should persue them. For years you won't even be able to build up the courage to do anything other than puke on them, or maybe drool and stutter uncontrollably, but eventually you may get the courage to ask one out. After another few years of that, assuming you haven't slit your wrists from the pain of rejection, one may even say yes! Even though it'll most likely be out of pity, you too may get a shot at boobi... i mean girls. Yes girls, recompiling your kernel for the 8millionth time may be fun, but nothing beats girls! Or trolling on /. ... but the hour is late, and that is a different tale ...
Has anyone hacked a TiVo and put in ethernet and made it work with their service? I would like to get one, but would rather not use my phoneline, when I have a perfectly good ethernet that is very close to the TV (pain to run the phone cable, but the cable modem and hub are right behind the TV ...).
we are paramount of borg.
you will watch our new trek series.
transporters are irrelevant, it would be no fun
if we just beamed the problems away- the episodes
would be over in 10 minutes.
data is irrelevant, what the fuck kind of android
paints anyway?
resistance is futile. also, don't forget reruns
of next generation on channel 9.
Everyone check out this
Does this thing dispence heroin or some other kind of addictive substance? Look at the expression on that guy's face!
I think this is how novell plans to stay in business. They'll just hide all the servers behind walls, and then you'll never be able to get rid of them! Microsoft wishes they had that going on!
We use a few Ultra5s here as servers. They suck. Nice UltraSparc II processor, but only running at 360mhz, these things are big and slow, and worst of all, really expensive! They get the job done, but there are other better and cheaper (and smaller) alternatives from companies like VA Linux.
The U5 makes a nice workstation, but thats about it. Glad to see these things coming out, cheaply, and with UltraSparcIII processors!