Flame me if you wish. But in my humble opinion, I'd just like to point out that it seems that some of the most popular abbreviations in geek speak today are being overused. Sure, I thought IMHO was cool when I first heard of it. But, as all popular phrases and lingo goes, words lose their spark. I'm not advocating that everyone stop using such phrases, but I just think that seeing IMHO in every other Slashdot post is a little excessive. Many people could benefit from broadening their vocabulary. Perhaps browse a thesaurus and look for words with similar meaning. May I suggest "in my meek and submissive opinion" or "from my radical perspective." And to close, I'd like to end this tirade against cliches with my own spin on a current phrase: Don't hate the player, hate... the 10,000 slashdotters before you that used IMHO.
I know this probably gets asked a lot, but how does the Plex86 compare to VMWare currently, and more importantly do you see Plex86 potentially growing and improving faster than VMWare because of the open source movement?
en mi opinion, la lengua de castellano no tiene que haber aprension porque la red es el protector de muchas culturas y lenguas y la lengua de castellano no tiene que preocupar sobre nada. no se mucho del castellano ahora pero pienso que la lengua es una cosa bonita y marvillosa y no quisiero ver una lengua sola de la red.
I'm not sure how many Formula 1 fans read slashdot, but when I saw this post I was instantly intrigued. I thought I'd add a bit of personal opinion to this. No matter how good this computer may be, Michael Shumacher is probably THE best driver in the world. He has won (I believe) 3 world championships and this past year won even though the second best driver in the world, Mikka Hakinen, was driving a car that was superior to Schumacher's. If anyone could outrace a machine, Schumacher would be the one. Move over Kasparov, we actually have a man who's better than a machine.
Have you ever thought of flooding the web with bad versions of your songs, ie every time it gets to the chorous of the song, it would say something like "This is an illegal copy of this song, please buy the album" in a really annoying voice like they use on answering machines? You could get loyal Metallica fans who buy albums to put these up on their computers, and eventually when someone decides to download a Metallica song, maybe half the time they would get a messed up version.
I'm still waiting for nvidia to release their drivers for XFree86 4.0. Their support for linux in the past few months has been pathetic. You can say what you want about 3dfx, I at one point was a avid hater of their company. I still don't like their cards as much as other companies (which is the original reason I bought my tnt2), but 3dfx has stepped up and provided more linux support than most other card manufacturers. I'm not gonna rush out and buy a voodoo5 because I'm still really mad that I have a $200 card in my system that has no support for 3d acceleration. BUT -- give 3dfx respect where they deserve it. They make decent cards, they support linux, and they are much less sketchy than nvidia. Oh nvidia, if you're reading this, I'm still waiting for my drivers.
over here at uc berkeley, the use of such programs as napster have not been prohibited, but rather about a month ago, the network got slow as hell. they sent out a campus email saying they did not know why the connection was so slow, but that it was not caused by any computers on campus and that they thought the problem was from an outside source. then recently, the connection got slightly faster, but not even close to what it used to be. they sent out another letter stating that they had been intentionally capping the bandwidth allowed to outside sites and the previous level of transfer rates (between about 25 and 40 Mbps) was cut to 15 then nearly zero. it was worse than a 56k modem. then they acted like they were doing us a favor when they agreed to let it stay at 20 Mbps max for the time being. personally i have used napster in the past, but i would much rather have that banned so that our network connection would be as fast as it used to be. plus even if napster gets permanently banned people can come up with other programs that do the same thing. uc berkeley is still a very liberal place where the rights of the individual are constantly being fought for, yet it seems that the residential computing facilities are run by a bunch of ultra conservative bigots.
Man this is really sweet. Since it will be able to run any x86 OS, it should make the transition from windows to linux easy for windows user, plus it will make it possible to easily switch between several OS's such as linux, bsd, be, java, etc. Much thanks to Chris for the insightful questions at the announcement. Much unlike the typical question by the woman from the AP who just had to ask about possible IPO possibilities. I can't wait to get a Crusoe
In reference to NBC's comments, I think that their own ethics should be questioned. They make claims against CBS's digital ethics, but NBC is guilty of far worse. My point: NBC's ridiculous, unethical, and panic-instilling movie "Y2K." This seems to be an ethical violation which predicted a disaster of the digital form. This was a severe mistake by NBC and they shouldn't question people's ethics after such a ludicrous disaster movie.
Just because Gore happens to be a robot doesn't mean that all of us technology enthusiasts should rush out and support him. In my mind Bradley is the better candidate. Too bad most of America has no idea who he is, even though he has had an amazing career so far.
its great that kernel.org has more bandwidth so that it can handle more traffic. now, when the new kernel comes out, more people will be able to get it quicker. although it may not be as revolutionary as 2.2, 2.4 should bring a lot more people onboard and the linux community will continue to grow. personally i can't wait to log onto kernel.org and get 2.4. good job, all of those who run the site.
If what this judge believes to be true--that a year away from the internet is several generations, then would'nt it follow that Kevin Mitnick, who has a three-year probation completely removed from computers and the internet after his forthcoming release, will have missed several lifetimes or possibly an eternity? Too bad an appeal such as this is unlikely to work.
a friend of a friend of mine now works for ibm, and he was talking about an os they were making that loaded off a floppy and into ram. does anyone know more about this?
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Flame me if you wish. But in my humble opinion, I'd just like to point out that it seems that some of the most popular abbreviations in geek speak today are being overused. Sure, I thought IMHO was cool when I first heard of it. But, as all popular phrases and lingo goes, words lose their spark. I'm not advocating that everyone stop using such phrases, but I just think that seeing IMHO in every other Slashdot post is a little excessive. Many people could benefit from broadening their vocabulary. Perhaps browse a thesaurus and look for words with similar meaning. May I suggest "in my meek and submissive opinion" or "from my radical perspective." And to close, I'd like to end this tirade against cliches with my own spin on a current phrase: Don't hate the player, hate ... the 10,000 slashdotters before you that used IMHO.
I know this probably gets asked a lot, but how does the Plex86 compare to VMWare currently, and more importantly do you see Plex86 potentially growing and improving faster than VMWare because of the open source movement?
en mi opinion, la lengua de castellano no tiene que haber aprension porque la red es el protector de muchas culturas y lenguas y la lengua de castellano no tiene que preocupar sobre nada. no se mucho del castellano ahora pero pienso que la lengua es una cosa bonita y marvillosa y no quisiero ver una lengua sola de la red.
I'm not sure how many Formula 1 fans read slashdot, but when I saw this post I was instantly intrigued. I thought I'd add a bit of personal opinion to this. No matter how good this computer may be, Michael Shumacher is probably THE best driver in the world. He has won (I believe) 3 world championships and this past year won even though the second best driver in the world, Mikka Hakinen, was driving a car that was superior to Schumacher's. If anyone could outrace a machine, Schumacher would be the one. Move over Kasparov, we actually have a man who's better than a machine.
Have you ever thought of flooding the web with bad versions of your songs, ie every time it gets to the chorous of the song, it would say something like "This is an illegal copy of this song, please buy the album" in a really annoying voice like they use on answering machines? You could get loyal Metallica fans who buy albums to put these up on their computers, and eventually when someone decides to download a Metallica song, maybe half the time they would get a messed up version.
I'm still waiting for nvidia to release their drivers for XFree86 4.0. Their support for linux in the past few months has been pathetic. You can say what you want about 3dfx, I at one point was a avid hater of their company. I still don't like their cards as much as other companies (which is the original reason I bought my tnt2), but 3dfx has stepped up and provided more linux support than most other card manufacturers. I'm not gonna rush out and buy a voodoo5 because I'm still really mad that I have a $200 card in my system that has no support for 3d acceleration. BUT -- give 3dfx respect where they deserve it. They make decent cards, they support linux, and they are much less sketchy than nvidia. Oh nvidia, if you're reading this, I'm still waiting for my drivers.
over here at uc berkeley, the use of such programs as napster have not been prohibited, but rather about a month ago, the network got slow as hell. they sent out a campus email saying they did not know why the connection was so slow, but that it was not caused by any computers on campus and that they thought the problem was from an outside source. then recently, the connection got slightly faster, but not even close to what it used to be. they sent out another letter stating that they had been intentionally capping the bandwidth allowed to outside sites and the previous level of transfer rates (between about 25 and 40 Mbps) was cut to 15 then nearly zero. it was worse than a 56k modem. then they acted like they were doing us a favor when they agreed to let it stay at 20 Mbps max for the time being. personally i have used napster in the past, but i would much rather have that banned so that our network connection would be as fast as it used to be. plus even if napster gets permanently banned people can come up with other programs that do the same thing. uc berkeley is still a very liberal place where the rights of the individual are constantly being fought for, yet it seems that the residential computing facilities are run by a bunch of ultra conservative bigots.
Man this is really sweet. Since it will be able to run any x86 OS, it should make the transition from windows to linux easy for windows user, plus it will make it possible to easily switch between several OS's such as linux, bsd, be, java, etc. Much thanks to Chris for the insightful questions at the announcement. Much unlike the typical question by the woman from the AP who just had to ask about possible IPO possibilities. I can't wait to get a Crusoe
In reference to NBC's comments, I think that their own ethics should be questioned. They make claims against CBS's digital ethics, but NBC is guilty of far worse. My point: NBC's ridiculous, unethical, and panic-instilling movie "Y2K." This seems to be an ethical violation which predicted a disaster of the digital form. This was a severe mistake by NBC and they shouldn't question people's ethics after such a ludicrous disaster movie.
Just because Gore happens to be a robot doesn't mean that all of us technology enthusiasts should rush out and support him. In my mind Bradley is the better candidate. Too bad most of America has no idea who he is, even though he has had an amazing career so far.
its great that kernel.org has more bandwidth so that it can handle more traffic. now, when the new kernel comes out, more people will be able to get it quicker. although it may not be as revolutionary as 2.2, 2.4 should bring a lot more people onboard and the linux community will continue to grow. personally i can't wait to log onto kernel.org and get 2.4. good job, all of those who run the site.
If what this judge believes to be true--that a year away from the internet is several generations, then would'nt it follow that Kevin Mitnick, who has a three-year probation completely removed from computers and the internet after his forthcoming release, will have missed several lifetimes or possibly an eternity? Too bad an appeal such as this is unlikely to work.
a friend of a friend of mine now works for ibm, and he was talking about an os they were making that loaded off a floppy and into ram. does anyone know more about this?