Heh... I, too, read that review and bought an nVidia card based on it. And then I got home and suffered with constant lock-ups for three driver releases and then occaisional lock-ups for another release or two. And I'm not alone. So, guess what? I threw my nVidia card out the window and will never go back till they change their attitude about specs and source.
Even pirates are smart enough to know you don't play games on Linux.
Wrong... Pirates are just too stupid to figure out how. Believe it or not, Linux makes a perfectly wonderful gaming platform. It does not take a genius to set up and run games under Linux.
Hey, if you're going to quote the greatest show on TV, at least do it right:-) There is no "Young Lady" at the beginning of that sentence.
Dinivin
Re:X-Files Still One of the Best Out There, By Far
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but I hardly think that the X-Files has gone downhill as badly as, say, the Simpsons.
Well, now you've lost all credibility. Simpsons is still one of the greatest shows on TV. X-Files, on the other hand, should have been killed right after the movie.
I think the Simpsons is almost as bad now as X-files was when I stopped watching it.
Futurama is consistently funnier, and just about all recent Simpsons episodes have failed to make me laugh even once.
Well, it seems pretty obvious, then, that you have no sense of humor. Please don't blame that on The Simpsons.
Hey moderator (the one who marked the above as flamebait): Fuck off!
Now that was flamebait (or maybe a troll). My original statement, as much as you may disagree with it, was dead on. Just ask anyone who deals with customers.
Letting people know that we can't view a document isn't a bad idea.
Well, except for the fact that it makes us look like incompetent computer users and annoys our clients who now have to take the extra time required to open up the document, save out as text, or paste the text directly into an e-mail message
It's quite obvious that RMS has no experience in the real world where a client says "You must meet the following qualifications to do work with us: (Begin list that includes having MS Word)"
(a deltic so please dont moan about spelling but the content)
delta'ic or del'tic adj.
Word History: A Greek letter sits at the mouth of many rivers. Noticing the resemblance between the island formed by sediment at the mouth of a river such as the Nile and the triangular shape of their letter delta, the Greeks gave the name delta to such an island. English borrowed this sense from Greek, although the word delta appeared first in English as the name of the letter, in a work written possibly around 1200. The sense "alluvial deposit" is not recorded until 1555, when delta is used with reference to the Nile River delta.
So, I can't help but wonder what being a Greek letter has to do with bad spelling?
There's no doubt that the weapons are important. In terms of the plotline, however, Tom is not. The weapons could have reached the Hobbits through numerous other, quicker, less distracting, means.
Lol... I first tried to read FOTR when I was just about 12. I got as far as Tom, got pissed off, and stopped reading it till just last year (I was 25 when I started up again, from the beginning).
Tom's songs [agh.edu.pl] and things like them enriched the lord of the rings with their presence and it would be most welcome to have more of this wonderous story to share with people that have not or will not read the book.
Frankly, for this reader, Tom's presesnce was very much an annoyance in FOTR, and added nothing to the story that couldn't have been handled in a much better manner. I, for one, was glad to not see him in the movie.
Given that Tom Bombadil adds absolutely nothing to the storyline (other than providing the Hobbits with their weapons, which was handled pretty well in the movie), I'd be more than happy if they kept him out of the DVD.
And if you honestly think that none of the other major video chip/card manufacturers pull that kind of shit, you are still truly, and foolishly, naive.
And if you think that nVidia and the other major video chip/card manufacturers (are there any other major ones at the moment?) don't pull this kind of shit too, you are truly naive.
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Heh... I, too, read that review and bought an nVidia card based on it. And then I got home and suffered with constant lock-ups for three driver releases and then occaisional lock-ups for another release or two. And I'm not alone. So, guess what? I threw my nVidia card out the window and will never go back till they change their attitude about specs and source.
Dinivin
Even pirates are smart enough to know you don't play games on Linux.
Wrong... Pirates are just too stupid to figure out how. Believe it or not, Linux makes a perfectly wonderful gaming platform. It does not take a genius to set up and run games under Linux.
Dinivin
Family Guy? You've got to be kidding me. It is one the stupidest, most immature shows on TV, IMHO.
Dinivin
Hey, if you're going to quote the greatest show on TV, at least do it right
Dinivin
but I hardly think that the X-Files has gone downhill as badly as, say, the Simpsons.
Well, now you've lost all credibility. Simpsons is still one of the greatest shows on TV. X-Files, on the other hand, should have been killed right after the movie.
Dinivin
I think the Simpsons is almost as bad now as X-files was when I stopped watching it. Futurama is consistently funnier, and just about all recent Simpsons episodes have failed to make me laugh even once.
Well, it seems pretty obvious, then, that you have no sense of humor. Please don't blame that on The Simpsons.
Dinivin
BeOS still wins hands down in terms of bootup times.
Dinivin
Hey moderator (the one who marked the above as flamebait): Fuck off!
Now that was flamebait (or maybe a troll). My original statement, as much as you may disagree with it, was dead on. Just ask anyone who deals with customers.
Dinivin
Letting people know that we can't view a document isn't a bad idea.
Well, except for the fact that it makes us look like incompetent computer users and annoys our clients who now have to take the extra time required to open up the document, save out as text, or paste the text directly into an e-mail message
It's quite obvious that RMS has no experience in the real world where a client says "You must meet the following qualifications to do work with us: (Begin list that includes having MS Word)"
Dinivin
Ahh... That makes more sense. Thanks :-)
Dinivin
(a deltic so please dont moan about spelling but the content)
delta'ic or del'tic adj.
Word History: A Greek letter sits at the mouth of many rivers. Noticing the resemblance between the island formed by sediment at the mouth of a river such as the Nile and the triangular shape of their letter delta, the Greeks gave the name delta to such an island. English borrowed this sense from Greek, although the word delta appeared first in English as the name of the letter, in a work written possibly around 1200. The sense "alluvial deposit" is not recorded until 1555, when delta is used with reference to the Nile River delta.
So, I can't help but wonder what being a Greek letter has to do with bad spelling?
Dinivin
IE is not a browser. IE is not "software".
IE is a criminal tool of an anticompetitive monopoly.
Believe it or not, Troll, it is possible for IE to be all three of the above.
It also happens to be the best browser for Windows.
Dinivin
Tom is one of the most interesting beings in LOTR.
Hardly. He's boring, annoying, and tedious.
Dinivin
he's sort of mentioned in the silmarillion
Which is fine... But we're talking about FOTR, not The Silmarillion.
Dinivin
There's no doubt that the weapons are important. In terms of the plotline, however, Tom is not. The weapons could have reached the Hobbits through numerous other, quicker, less distracting, means.
Dinivin
Lol... I first tried to read FOTR when I was just about 12. I got as far as Tom, got pissed off, and stopped reading it till just last year (I was 25 when I started up again, from the beginning).
Dinivin
You're right
Obviously I can't claim that it was much more than a minor change if even I can't keep that character straight in my head.
Dinivin
Open mouth, insert foot.
Of course, you're right. I'm mixing up my elves.
Dinivin
Tom Bombadil adds considerably to the mystical nature and history of the world of Middle Earth.
Which is fine if you're interested in a history lesson. It's quite tedious, however, if you're interested in the storyline itself.
I personally found that the travels of the hobbits between the Shire and Bree accomplished much character building for me.
I personally found a lot of the events that happened in Bree to accomplish much more character building, and was sorely disappointed to see them cut.
Dinivin
Minor change? Are you kidding? Replacing Legolas with her in those scenes was much more than a minor change.
Dinivin
Tom's songs [agh.edu.pl] and things like them enriched the lord of the rings with their presence and it would be most welcome to have more of this wonderous story to share with people that have not or will not read the book.
Frankly, for this reader, Tom's presesnce was very much an annoyance in FOTR, and added nothing to the story that couldn't have been handled in a much better manner. I, for one, was glad to not see him in the movie.
Dinivin
Given that Tom Bombadil adds absolutely nothing to the storyline (other than providing the Hobbits with their weapons, which was handled pretty well in the movie), I'd be more than happy if they kept him out of the DVD.
Dinivin
But the freaking name is obviously a rip-off of Windows. There is no question that it would create market confusion.
Maybe for morons such as yourself... But not for anyone with at least half their brain functioning properly.
Dinivin
I've read the article..
And if you honestly think that none of the other major video chip/card manufacturers pull that kind of shit, you are still truly, and foolishly, naive.
Dinivin
And if you think that nVidia and the other major video chip/card manufacturers (are there any other major ones at the moment?) don't pull this kind of shit too, you are truly naive.
Dinivin