The idea of being able to get rich and famous... making it as a rebel and becoming a millionaire...
How can you consider said rock musican a rebel when he/she has sold out to the record labels to make those millions? You can either be a rebel or a sellout, but not both... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
well, we're gonna explain what makes a good leader, heh heh, because, er, as you know... a good -- the best leaders lead, yeah, they lead, and you know leading is important when, uh... heh... when you're a leader... heh heh.
So that's what happened to Butt-Head. I wonder what Beavis is doing these days?:-> -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
What I'm currently missing is a small cross-platform text editor with a good interface.
Try FTE You can compile it for DOS, Win32, OS/2 and Linux. It is highly configurable and has syntax highlighting. I've used it for years and know that I've only scratched the surface as far as its capabilities go. One of these days I'm gonna take the time to sit down and learn about all the features I'm not currently using... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
The best part is when they go to their "sideline reporter" Donna D'Erico.
I liked it when she spoke with a 15-year-old boy who had just lost his match. She made a lame joke about "premature destruction" and asked the kid if he would like a consolation kiss. He eagerly said yes and she bent over and kissed the robot! The look on that kid's face was priceless... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
What do you think about hate crime laws? Don't you support the idea that criminals convicted of a hate crime should be executed?
Since you asked no. The very idea of a hate crime is simply stupid. I don't give a rat's ass if you hate me as long as you leave me alone.
The minute you do do something that affects me negatively then there are all kinds of criminal and civil laws that you can be prosecuted for. The U.S. guarantees the right to be different from everyone else (in theory) as long as that difference does not violate those criminal and civil laws.
Texas is going to execute two of the three people that dragged James Byrd to death (not three like Bush proudly bragged about in the last debate). Is killing these two (admittedly poor excuses for human beings) going to bring James Byrd back? No. Is it going to stop racist attacks on minorities? No.
I am atheist but I think the ancient philospher Jesus Christ was on the right track when he said that "turn the other cheek" was better than "an eye for an eye". The cycle of violence has to end somewhere, why not start by eliminating the death penalty?
That is not to say you do not punish those who commit heinous crimes. Life without parole is an option. I just think that it is hypocritical that Republicans run on a fiscal responsiblity platform when, according to the last statistics I saw, it costs twice as much money to execute a prisoner than to incarcerate him/her for life... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Right now the goverment takes $1000 a PAY PERIOD from me. ONE THOUNDAND DOLLARS!!!!!! That's more then my friend make in a MONTH!!
ROTFL!!! Two points:
One: Most people making the money you say you make know how write and spell English properly.
Two: Most crack dealers don't pay taxes, so you must be doing something wrong.
Sounds to me like you have been "sampling" your product excessively! -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
FICTION: Al Gore said he was the first to discover the Love Canal nuclear accident.
You expect us to believe this "news" story when it doesn't even get the facts straight?!?
Election Day is ticking away. E-mail this to as many people as possible or we will be living in an Al Gore fantasyland.
As opposed to a George W. Bush fantasyland??? One where "life" is precious when you are an unborn fetus but not if you are on death row???
-- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Minorities consistently favor affirmative action as a way to redress ongoing discrimination against them. Do you favor or oppose affirmative action as a way to increase the number of minorities in the IT field? Also, do you favor or oppose bringing in more foreigners to work in tech jobs in the U.S. instead of training American citizens to fill those openings? -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
ps - Whence the fixed-width font? Are you posting from a dumb terminal or something?
The <blockquote></blockquote> tag, designed to display formatted text... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
You forgot to preview before you hit submit. You need to escape your angle brackets -- use < for the < and > for the >
You're right about people hating flashing -- it's kind of disturbing seeing a post flash at me on Slashdot!:-> -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
I put that disclaimer in my sig to force people who disagree with me to attack the substance of my coment rather than spelling.
This is not intended as a flame, but bad spelling detracts from what you are trying to say. One thing I have never understood is why some computer people are not able speak or write a human language correctly yet they are able to code in a computer language flawlessly.
Most computer people would not write C or Perl code rife with grammar/spelling errors because the code would not compile/interpet correctly. Maybe you should think of a spelling/grammar checker as a debugger for your English source code... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Would you rather have it that when Joe Consumer buys a PC he gets a blank box and has to go about installing an OS himself ? That would be a great way of killing demand for PC's overnight.
Of course, MS has no qualms about telling Joe Consumer to re-install the OS. I don't see that killing demand for PC's... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
you begrudge them a few lousy quid because - oh yes - they're all capitalist bastards...
Oh, I see, you don't HAVE to get the beta. It is strictly an economic decision.
What I find more of a nerve is that Linux vendors can charge almost the same amount of money without adding any significant level of code to what is supposed to be a free product.
Pot. Kettle. Black. Again, it is strictly an economic decision. You don't HAVE to pay any Linux vendors. Download the OS for free and check out Freshmeat for free applications...
And if we want to use MacOS X as a measure of Beta status, then please tell me when Linux reaches pre-Alpha and I'll be happy to fork out that cash.
If you'll pull your head out out your arse you will see that Linux (and BSD) are fairly mature right now. Some parts are in alpha/beta state (<ver 1.0) but the stable kernel is at 2.2.x/2.4.x now.
As for being happy to fork out cash for Linux, remember "a fool and his money are soon parted" -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Likewise all those users 'left behind': who cares? Home users don't buy software, they steal it.
Actually, they only copy it. Stealing implies taking the owner's original copy of the software so he is left with nothing. Copying the software leaves the owner with his original software, so technically it hasn't been "stolen" from him. -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Disclaimer: I bought Apple stock when the press collectively decided Apple Just Doesn't GET IT, which then doubled in value when everyone regained their sanity and realized Apple makes the best fucking desktop OS in the known universe.
Apple OS must be really good. Jeez, it can interface with Alien OS and save humanity without breaking a sweat! -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
because they lack the direction to actually use a Mac right, of course they will have problems!
Oh, so there is a *right* way and a *wrong* way to use a Mac!
And I thought that the Mac was supposed to be the "easy to use" computer!!!:-> -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
The move to cut off the clones in Mac OS 8.0 was an unfortunate necessity. The clones were devouring Apple's revenue, and the move to open up the Mac market to clones honestly should've never been made.
I disagree. I used to work for a Mac shop (the advertising dept of a retail store chain) and I really liked the Mac (except for the #%&^*@ one-button mouse). I was looking forward to buying a clone to run the software I used at work (mainly Photoshop and Quark Xpress).
Had clones been available I would probably have a Mac among the multiple x86 machines I have now. No clones meant no Macs for me, as Apple hardware is relatively expensive (compared to an x86) due to the fact that Apple has a monopoly on it.
Apple should've looked hard at just how much influence IBM has over the PC market before doing that.
Sure, IBM does not have as much influence on the PC market as it once did, but it still has a huge influence on the mainframe market. That in spite of the fact that you can get clone mainframes! IBM found out that it was easier to make money as a software/support company than a pure hardware company.
The big problem is that at that point Apple had wanted to move from being mainly a hardware company to becoming a more of a software company, so clones fit that strategy. Of course being a software company meant that Apple would have had to compete in the open market, and that would killed them as they did not have a "killer app" that would have ensured their success as a software company (well maybe NextStep but that is another story).
When Apple started doing badly, it was easy to jerk the clone makers around (which sucked because they had just given them them licenses to clone just a few months earlier) and revert to being a hardware monopoly once again. And that, my friends, is the main reason I have never owned (and probably will never own) a Mac... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
The $30 for osx isnt a marketing ploy, the money is to assure that everyone and thier dog isn't out there playing with the beta.
The more people (and dogs) that use the beta, the more bugs will be found...
They want to have money to sort through the feedback, and they need to make sure that there will be no novice users installing it on their system. (and screwing it up royaly).
Most novice users will PAY MS or Apple for their OS even though Linux/BSD are available and FREE.
Main point: they want only serious beta testers.
I would argue that free OS'es are beta tested more "seriously" than commercial ones. I personally have found fewer annoying bugs in Linux than Win98 (a memory leak requires rebooting the Win98 box every 3-5 days while the Linux box keeps going like the Energizer Bunny!). -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
When I read your post all I could think of was how I heard the SAME things about the windows 2000 test box... And after 7 months still no holes found...
Hey, I think we finally figured out Bill Gates' Slashdot ID! And who would have thought he was such a CARD! However, he must be recycling his comedic material because the joke above sounded real familiar:
Since W2K has been released (before actually, anyone remember the www.windows2000test.com test?) every script kiddie and cracker has tried to be the first to break in. I am not aware of any that have succeeded.Making Your Linux Box Secure
Don't get me wrong, he does have some fresh material -- witness the following priceless gem:
However, to deny that MS has ever innovated is foolish and ignores facts... Do you doubt that IE is the premiere browser of the day?IE 5.5 Tracking Default Bookmarks
Since I cannot fire up a copy of Linux IE to test this assertion I will assume you are pulling my leg, you mischievous scamp! And who can forget my all-time favorite:
MS came outta a dream of two people without any cash - kinda like Apple. They worked hard and played hard ball to get where they are.IE 5.5 Tracking Default Bookmarks
Now Bill, don't understate the role your rich corporate lawyer daddy had in the formation of Microsoft. And don't forget, the judge didn't buy it when you tried to explain your monopoly as playing "hard ball" so don't expect us to fall for it too, you irrepressible joker!
Funny, funny stuff. Have you considered a career in standup comedy? -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Slashdot Mirror
The idea of being able to get rich and famous... making it as a rebel and becoming a millionaire...
How can you consider said rock musican a rebel when he/she has sold out to the record labels to make those millions? You can either be a rebel or a sellout, but not both...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
well, we're gonna explain what makes a good leader, heh heh, because, er, as you know ... a good -- the best leaders lead, yeah, they lead, and you know leading is important when, uh ... heh ... when you're a leader... heh heh.
:->
So that's what happened to Butt-Head. I wonder what Beavis is doing these days?
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
What I'm currently missing is a small cross-platform text editor with a good interface.
Try FTE You can compile it for DOS, Win32, OS/2 and Linux. It is highly configurable and has syntax highlighting. I've used it for years and know that I've only scratched the surface as far as its capabilities go. One of these days I'm gonna take the time to sit down and learn about all the features I'm not currently using...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
The best part is when they go to their "sideline reporter" Donna D'Erico.
I liked it when she spoke with a 15-year-old boy who had just lost his match. She made a lame joke about "premature destruction" and asked the kid if he would like a consolation kiss. He eagerly said yes and she bent over and kissed the robot! The look on that kid's face was priceless...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
What do you think about hate crime laws? Don't you support the idea that criminals convicted of a hate crime should be executed?
Since you asked no. The very idea of a hate crime is simply stupid. I don't give a rat's ass if you hate me as long as you leave me alone.
The minute you do do something that affects me negatively then there are all kinds of criminal and civil laws that you can be prosecuted for. The U.S. guarantees the right to be different from everyone else (in theory) as long as that difference does not violate those criminal and civil laws.
Texas is going to execute two of the three people that dragged James Byrd to death (not three like Bush proudly bragged about in the last debate). Is killing these two (admittedly poor excuses for human beings) going to bring James Byrd back? No. Is it going to stop racist attacks on minorities? No.
I am atheist but I think the ancient philospher Jesus Christ was on the right track when he said that "turn the other cheek" was better than "an eye for an eye". The cycle of violence has to end somewhere, why not start by eliminating the death penalty?
That is not to say you do not punish those who commit heinous crimes. Life without parole is an option. I just think that it is hypocritical that Republicans run on a fiscal responsiblity platform when, according to the last statistics I saw, it costs twice as much money to execute a prisoner than to incarcerate him/her for life...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Right now the goverment takes $1000 a PAY PERIOD from me. ONE THOUNDAND DOLLARS!!!!!! That's more then my friend make in a MONTH!!
ROTFL!!! Two points:
One: Most people making the money you say you make know how write and spell English properly.
Two: Most crack dealers don't pay taxes, so you must be doing something wrong.
Sounds to me like you have been "sampling" your product excessively!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Typical whiny slashbot. If I didn't no better I would call you a troll.
It is obvious that you don't KNOW any better!!!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
FICTION: Al Gore said he was the first to discover the Love Canal nuclear accident.
You expect us to believe this "news" story when it doesn't even get the facts straight?!?
Election Day is ticking away. E-mail this to as many people as possible or we will be living in an Al Gore fantasyland.
As opposed to a George W. Bush fantasyland??? One where "life" is precious when you are an unborn fetus but not if you are on death row???
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Minorities consistently favor affirmative action as a way to redress ongoing discrimination against them. Do you favor or oppose affirmative action as a way to increase the number of minorities in the IT field? Also, do you favor or oppose bringing in more foreigners to work in tech jobs in the U.S. instead of training American citizens to fill those openings?
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
ps - Whence the fixed-width font? Are you posting from a dumb terminal or something?
The <blockquote></blockquote> tag, designed to display formatted text...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
That's why ns's <blink> tag was so maligned.
:->
You forgot to preview before you hit submit. You need to escape your angle brackets -- use < for the < and > for the >
You're right about people hating flashing -- it's kind of disturbing seeing a post flash at me on Slashdot!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
I'm one of the Windows 2000 Geeks of the Week
Check your URL's -- you got a couple of 404's there...
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Yes or No. The default build of the Mozilla code is bloated. Yes or No.
I want to hear one word: [Yes] or [No].
The answer is... 42!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
I put that disclaimer in my sig to force people who disagree with me to attack the substance of my coment rather than spelling.
This is not intended as a flame, but bad spelling detracts from what you are trying to say. One thing I have never understood is why some computer people are not able speak or write a human language correctly yet they are able to code in a computer language flawlessly.
Most computer people would not write C or Perl code rife with grammar/spelling errors because the code would not compile/interpet correctly. Maybe you should think of a spelling/grammar checker as a debugger for your English source code...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Would you rather have it that when Joe Consumer buys a PC he gets a blank box and has to go about installing an OS himself ? That would be a great way of killing demand for PC's overnight.
Of course, MS has no qualms about telling Joe Consumer to re-install the OS. I don't see that killing demand for PC's...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
If you really wanna seriously discuss this, I'm game, otherwise I'm dragging and dropping all flames to the Recycle Bin
/dev/null :->
I think you meant to say
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
I think that these capitalist Orwellians have a serious case of HDFB (head detached from body).
Otherwise known as HUTA -> head up their ass!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
you begrudge them a few lousy quid because - oh yes - they're all capitalist bastards...
Oh, I see, you don't HAVE to get the beta. It is strictly an economic decision.
What I find more of a nerve is that Linux vendors can charge almost the same amount of money without adding any significant level of code to what is supposed to be a free product.
Pot. Kettle. Black. Again, it is strictly an economic decision. You don't HAVE to pay any Linux vendors. Download the OS for free and check out Freshmeat for free applications...
And if we want to use MacOS X as a measure of Beta status, then please tell me when Linux reaches pre-Alpha and I'll be happy to fork out that cash.
If you'll pull your head out out your arse you will see that Linux (and BSD) are fairly mature right now. Some parts are in alpha/beta state (<ver 1.0) but the stable kernel is at 2.2.x/2.4.x now.
As for being happy to fork out cash for Linux, remember "a fool and his money are soon parted"
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Likewise all those users 'left behind': who cares? Home users don't buy software, they steal it.
Actually, they only copy it. Stealing implies taking the owner's original copy of the software so he is left with nothing. Copying the software leaves the owner with his original software, so technically it hasn't been "stolen" from him.
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Disclaimer: I bought Apple stock when the press collectively decided Apple Just Doesn't GET IT, which then doubled in value when everyone regained their sanity and realized Apple makes the best fucking desktop OS in the known universe.
Apple OS must be really good. Jeez, it can interface with Alien OS and save humanity without breaking a sweat!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
because they lack the direction to actually use a Mac right, of course they will have problems!
:->
Oh, so there is a *right* way and a *wrong* way to use a Mac!
And I thought that the Mac was supposed to be the "easy to use" computer!!!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
The move to cut off the clones in Mac OS 8.0 was an unfortunate necessity. The clones were devouring Apple's revenue, and the move to open up the Mac market to clones honestly should've never been made.
I disagree. I used to work for a Mac shop (the advertising dept of a retail store chain) and I really liked the Mac (except for the #%&^*@ one-button mouse). I was looking forward to buying a clone to run the software I used at work (mainly Photoshop and Quark Xpress).
Had clones been available I would probably have a Mac among the multiple x86 machines I have now. No clones meant no Macs for me, as Apple hardware is relatively expensive (compared to an x86) due to the fact that Apple has a monopoly on it.
Apple should've looked hard at just how much influence IBM has over the PC market before doing that.
Sure, IBM does not have as much influence on the PC market as it once did, but it still has a huge influence on the mainframe market. That in spite of the fact that you can get clone mainframes! IBM found out that it was easier to make money as a software/support company than a pure hardware company.
The big problem is that at that point Apple had wanted to move from being mainly a hardware company to becoming a more of a software company, so clones fit that strategy. Of course being a software company meant that Apple would have had to compete in the open market, and that would killed them as they did not have a "killer app" that would have ensured their success as a software company (well maybe NextStep but that is another story).
When Apple started doing badly, it was easy to jerk the clone makers around (which sucked because they had just given them them licenses to clone just a few months earlier) and revert to being a hardware monopoly once again. And that, my friends, is the main reason I have never owned (and probably will never own) a Mac...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
The $30 for osx isnt a marketing ploy, the money is to assure that everyone and thier dog isn't out there playing with the beta.
The more people (and dogs) that use the beta, the more bugs will be found...
They want to have money to sort through the feedback, and they need to make sure that there will be no novice users installing it on their system. (and screwing it up royaly).
Most novice users will PAY MS or Apple for their OS even though Linux/BSD are available and FREE.
Main point: they want only serious beta testers.
I would argue that free OS'es are beta tested more "seriously" than commercial ones. I personally have found fewer annoying bugs in Linux than Win98 (a memory leak requires rebooting the Win98 box every 3-5 days while the Linux box keeps going like the Energizer Bunny!).
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
its late, and i have no spell check nor dictionary handy.
Merriam-Webster Online
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When I read your post all I could think of was how I heard the SAME things about the windows 2000 test box... And after 7 months still no holes found...
Hey, I think we finally figured out Bill Gates' Slashdot ID! And who would have thought he was such a CARD! However, he must be recycling his comedic material because the joke above sounded real familiar:
Since W2K has been released (before actually, anyone remember the www.windows2000test.com test?) every script kiddie and cracker has tried to be the first to break in. I am not aware of any that have succeeded. Making Your Linux Box Secure
Don't get me wrong, he does have some fresh material -- witness the following priceless gem:
However, to deny that MS has ever innovated is foolish and ignores facts... Do you doubt that IE is the premiere browser of the day? IE 5.5 Tracking Default Bookmarks
Since I cannot fire up a copy of Linux IE to test this assertion I will assume you are pulling my leg, you mischievous scamp! And who can forget my all-time favorite:
MS came outta a dream of two people without any cash - kinda like Apple. They worked hard and played hard ball to get where they are. IE 5.5 Tracking Default Bookmarks
Now Bill, don't understate the role your rich corporate lawyer daddy had in the formation of Microsoft. And don't forget, the judge didn't buy it when you tried to explain your monopoly as playing "hard ball" so don't expect us to fall for it too, you irrepressible joker!
Funny, funny stuff. Have you considered a career in standup comedy?
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!