Nice spin on that too, claiming that they can fix their problems but "hackers...come up with new ones.". As though by some strange magic, evil computer hackers are inventing ways to make Windows insecure, and MS isn't at fault. Even when they admit they're wrong, they shift the blame. Good thing we'll soon have Palladium and hackers won't be able to invent any more insecurities in the OS.
Think hard. Is that what you *really* want? Instead of reading things like "tire now to be inserted where forks make vee-shape" do you want the bike saying it to you? I think I'd be laughing too hard to build a bicycle that kept telling me "All your training wheel are belong to back tire. For great justice, insert all handle-bar tassle." Maybe it's just me though...
I don't know how you define "old", but I know a lot of people who still get excited about new games. I'm 23 now, and I still love video games as much as I did when I was 12. I have a friend who, at 30, owns damn near every console ever made, and he still gets giddy when something new comes along -- and he's not even a geek (he's one of those damn marketing droids). Sure, most people don't care how much RAM a console has anymore, because it's become pretty much irrelevant. There aren't many games that can really push the hardware. With any luck we'll soon see a push to good storylines in games, like there used to be (NES). I know I can't wait for October 2 so I can get my hands on Hitman2.
The only thing I can come up with is that the ITC and AGFA licensed the fonts believing they would be rasterized (photoshop) or broken to paths (illustrator), and allowed Adobe this since it would be "just artwork". But by embedding subsets of a font or the entire font, Adobe is enabling it's users to redistribute these fonts without licenses (again, I'm just guessing here). But unless there's some way to extract embedded fonts out of a.pdf I don't see what the problem is.
I can buy myself a high end PC that's just like all other PCs made today that let's me burn cds/dvds and do what I will with my media, and I can pay about $1000 USD for it. Or, I can buy the same PC but WITHOUT the ability to do what I'd like with my media, and pay $1500-$2000 USD. Um...I...I think I'll take the first one.
Oh yeah, and I thought it was quite comical that when I pulled up the article about how HP was trying to sell this crap, I got a huge banner ad for Dell.
I've had friends do this. They left a disposable 24 exp. cam with a flash on every table at the reception. You get a lot of good pics of the wedding party, and a lot of pics of all your guests too.
I mean really, who's ever going to notice a five foot tall, fire engine red barrel wandering the party and using spotlights strategically placed around the room for guidance? It's the perfect disguise! At least (for once) the technology for detecting skin tones and taking pictures of it wasn't developed by the porn industry.
It's ok, it's an honest mistake, and you fixed it by posting;). Besides, with this new system, it's not like my karma went down -- it's still "excellent"! Now let's watch as we all get modded "off topic" anyways.
Oh yeah...on topic discussion...um...wine rules! It really does. I use it to run KaZaA Lite, and games.
Snake plants, which, from my understanding, are nearly impossible to kill, and so far I've proven true. Ditto for spider plants. Any kind of cactus, especially jade. Papyrus grows pretty well. You can submerge the pot in a bucket of water (how it normally grows anyways) and it'll pretty much just 'live' (unless, like me, you have cats that seem to enjoy the taste of it. Also, you could try mold, mildew, or any number of fungi (mushrooms should grow well in an office, what with all the bullshit;). Failing that, check the break-room fridge and see what's already growing there, then just move it to your cube. Chia-sandwich!
Ha! I just 0wnz0red your laundry!
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Hello gentlemen. What you say? All your socks are belong to us!
No, the reviewer didn't dual boot. He installed everything under linux. I've never tried winex, but wine works great for me. As long as you read the docs, and check the FAQs when you're stuck, you should be fine. The app database on winehq is a great source of info, since quite a few people hang out there and post what tricks they needed to get certain apps running. And it seems to be getting better by the day.
I did it with an old Pentium 75 (free from an aunt who'd upgraded and wanted rid of the old box), a couple $5 bargain bin ISA NICs and a copy of IPCop. So, including the cd I burned the ISO onto, less than $11 Canadian. It worked so well I built another one with an old P100 at work to share out a DSL line. So, yeah...no need to illegally obtain software when, for what 99.9% of us need it for, the free stuff is perfect. And if you actually *need* a router worth that kind of coin, you should have no problem getting the money. So what else, besides freesco and ipcop is everyone using for routers? (free/legal options only;)
Why? They tell you the speed of the processor. Why does the name have to tell you the MHz? Do you go around telling people what kind of car you drive, and tacking the horsepower on to the end of that? "Yeah, that's a '98 Chevy Cavalier 2.2L 110 HP".
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If you'd read, you'd see that they didn't access the networks, just scanned for APs. The author specifically states that he doesn't access the networks he finds, and talks about setting up his own unsecured AP for the sake of seeing how far away he can get in a plane and still access it.
That's funny, since most linux users I know have purchased at least one distro. Not to mention countless books, which, while they may not be software, help to disprove the misconception that geeks don't pay for things. And while we're at it, geeks that use linux are one of the best markets for games, since we all know geeks love video games. And for your information, it's not only the hardened oss crowd using linux. Some of us just like it because it works. So why don't you try to get your facts straight before you lump all linux users together as free-loaders.
You can start with this which explains the effects of THC on the memory and learning portions of the brain, and then move along to this which tells us (among other things) that marijuana use restricts blood flow to the brain. Then, if you're still with us, check out this. The fourth paragraph details lab experiments where it was found that giving THC to rats caused a loss of brain cells. If you have any further questions, post them here or check your favourite search engine.
Are you referring to the P4 2.8 GHz? I'd heard that it was out, but haven't seen anything about it on slashdot yet. These editors need to get with the times. Most other news sites would have posted a story like that *at least* once by now...
Fuck it all and legalize everything. Why should the government have the right to tell people what they can / can't do to their own bodies? Look at the number of people who die from lung cancer, yet they haven't made cigarettes illegal. Look at all the deaths caused by alcohol (cancer, liver diseases, DUI) but 15 year olds with fake ids can still buy beer. So why the hell should it be illegal for me to smoke pot if I want to? If I'm free to kill my own brain cells with beer, why not with weed? If it's regulated like alcohol (no driving under the influence, age restrictions, etc) then drugs should be legal. But instead, we have people telling us what we can and cannot put into our own bodies, and we listen. Fucking sheep...
Actually, morpheus did botch it at first, IIRC. They didn't provide the source. But I think gnucleus' problem was more just "we'd appreciate if you tell us you're forking us" and nobody told them. They didn't really bitch about it (from what I remember the site said something like "wow, didn't know they were forking our codebase. welcome aboard")
Compaq actually markets the iPaq as having a 12 bit screen. Therefore, people who wanted higher res may have bought the Palm instead, thinking they were getting something much better. Oh, by the way, I have a computer to sell you. It runs at 17 Ghz. Ok, I lied, it's only 1.5 Ghz, but your old computer was only 800 Mhz, so really, why are you complaining?
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Nice spin on that too, claiming that they can fix their problems but "hackers...come up with new ones.". As though by some strange magic, evil computer hackers are inventing ways to make Windows insecure, and MS isn't at fault. Even when they admit they're wrong, they shift the blame. Good thing we'll soon have Palladium and hackers won't be able to invent any more insecurities in the OS.
...miserably translated confusing manuals.
Think hard. Is that what you *really* want? Instead of reading things like "tire now to be inserted where forks make vee-shape" do you want the bike saying it to you? I think I'd be laughing too hard to build a bicycle that kept telling me "All your training wheel are belong to back tire. For great justice, insert all handle-bar tassle." Maybe it's just me though...
I don't know how you define "old", but I know a lot of people who still get excited about new games. I'm 23 now, and I still love video games as much as I did when I was 12. I have a friend who, at 30, owns damn near every console ever made, and he still gets giddy when something new comes along -- and he's not even a geek (he's one of those damn marketing droids). Sure, most people don't care how much RAM a console has anymore, because it's become pretty much irrelevant. There aren't many games that can really push the hardware. With any luck we'll soon see a push to good storylines in games, like there used to be (NES). I know I can't wait for October 2 so I can get my hands on Hitman2.
The only thing I can come up with is that the ITC and AGFA licensed the fonts believing they would be rasterized (photoshop) or broken to paths (illustrator), and allowed Adobe this since it would be "just artwork". But by embedding subsets of a font or the entire font, Adobe is enabling it's users to redistribute these fonts without licenses (again, I'm just guessing here). But unless there's some way to extract embedded fonts out of a .pdf I don't see what the problem is.
I can buy myself a high end PC that's just like all other PCs made today that let's me burn cds/dvds and do what I will with my media, and I can pay about $1000 USD for it. Or, I can buy the same PC but WITHOUT the ability to do what I'd like with my media, and pay $1500-$2000 USD. Um...I...I think I'll take the first one.
Oh yeah, and I thought it was quite comical that when I pulled up the article about how HP was trying to sell this crap, I got a huge banner ad for Dell.
I've had friends do this. They left a disposable 24 exp. cam with a flash on every table at the reception. You get a lot of good pics of the wedding party, and a lot of pics of all your guests too.
I mean really, who's ever going to notice a five foot tall, fire engine red barrel wandering the party and using spotlights strategically placed around the room for guidance? It's the perfect disguise! At least (for once) the technology for detecting skin tones and taking pictures of it wasn't developed by the porn industry.
It's ok, it's an honest mistake, and you fixed it by posting ;). Besides, with this new system, it's not like my karma went down -- it's still "excellent"! Now let's watch as we all get modded "off topic" anyways.
Oh yeah...on topic discussion...um...wine rules! It really does. I use it to run KaZaA Lite, and games.
Snake plants, which, from my understanding, are nearly impossible to kill, and so far I've proven true. Ditto for spider plants. Any kind of cactus, especially jade. Papyrus grows pretty well. You can submerge the pot in a bucket of water (how it normally grows anyways) and it'll pretty much just 'live' (unless, like me, you have cats that seem to enjoy the taste of it. Also, you could try mold, mildew, or any number of fungi (mushrooms should grow well in an office, what with all the bullshit ;). Failing that, check the break-room fridge and see what's already growing there, then just move it to your cube. Chia-sandwich!
Hello gentlemen.
What you say?
All your socks are belong to us!
No, the reviewer didn't dual boot. He installed everything under linux. I've never tried winex, but wine works great for me. As long as you read the docs, and check the FAQs when you're stuck, you should be fine. The app database on winehq is a great source of info, since quite a few people hang out there and post what tricks they needed to get certain apps running. And it seems to be getting better by the day.
I did it with an old Pentium 75 (free from an aunt who'd upgraded and wanted rid of the old box), a couple $5 bargain bin ISA NICs and a copy of IPCop. So, including the cd I burned the ISO onto, less than $11 Canadian. It worked so well I built another one with an old P100 at work to share out a DSL line. So, yeah...no need to illegally obtain software when, for what 99.9% of us need it for, the free stuff is perfect. And if you actually *need* a router worth that kind of coin, you should have no problem getting the money. So what else, besides freesco and ipcop is everyone using for routers? (free/legal options only ;)
Why? They tell you the speed of the processor. Why does the name have to tell you the MHz? Do you go around telling people what kind of car you drive, and tacking the horsepower on to the end of that? "Yeah, that's a '98 Chevy Cavalier 2.2L 110 HP".
If you'd read, you'd see that they didn't access the networks, just scanned for APs. The author specifically states that he doesn't access the networks he finds, and talks about setting up his own unsecured AP for the sake of seeing how far away he can get in a plane and still access it.
Yeah, but I thought the hippo was for the javascript app cookbook.
That's funny, since most linux users I know have purchased at least one distro. Not to mention countless books, which, while they may not be software, help to disprove the misconception that geeks don't pay for things. And while we're at it, geeks that use linux are one of the best markets for games, since we all know geeks love video games. And for your information, it's not only the hardened oss crowd using linux. Some of us just like it because it works. So why don't you try to get your facts straight before you lump all linux users together as free-loaders.
meh, whatever. I'll still smoke it regardless of what research or laws say, and that's that. Now excuse me, but I need to go find me some twinkies.
You can start with this which explains the effects of THC on the memory and learning portions of the brain, and then move along to this which tells us (among other things) that marijuana use restricts blood flow to the brain. Then, if you're still with us, check out this. The fourth paragraph details lab experiments where it was found that giving THC to rats caused a loss of brain cells. If you have any further questions, post them here or check your favourite search engine.
Slow news day? Hardly! Why, Intel has already released TWO new 2.8 GHz processors today! Now THAT'S news!
Are you referring to the P4 2.8 GHz? I'd heard that it was out, but haven't seen anything about it on slashdot yet. These editors need to get with the times. Most other news sites would have posted a story like that *at least* once by now...
Fuck it all and legalize everything. Why should the government have the right to tell people what they can / can't do to their own bodies? Look at the number of people who die from lung cancer, yet they haven't made cigarettes illegal. Look at all the deaths caused by alcohol (cancer, liver diseases, DUI) but 15 year olds with fake ids can still buy beer. So why the hell should it be illegal for me to smoke pot if I want to? If I'm free to kill my own brain cells with beer, why not with weed? If it's regulated like alcohol (no driving under the influence, age restrictions, etc) then drugs should be legal. But instead, we have people telling us what we can and cannot put into our own bodies, and we listen. Fucking sheep...
best. game. EVER. By far. I used to spend so much time on that game it was sick. Killing sleeping people was too much fun.
Actually, morpheus did botch it at first, IIRC. They didn't provide the source. But I think gnucleus' problem was more just "we'd appreciate if you tell us you're forking us" and nobody told them. They didn't really bitch about it (from what I remember the site said something like "wow, didn't know they were forking our codebase. welcome aboard")
Compaq actually markets the iPaq as having a 12 bit screen. Therefore, people who wanted higher res may have bought the Palm instead, thinking they were getting something much better. Oh, by the way, I have a computer to sell you. It runs at 17 Ghz. Ok, I lied, it's only 1.5 Ghz, but your old computer was only 800 Mhz, so really, why are you complaining?
28.6% of poll respondents were confused by the lack of a "Cowboy Neal" option.