Because it's not so much to OS as it is the users. Not that M$ is a really great operating system or, goes to any real length to actually protect the user.
Linux and Mac are both more secure (assuming a knowledgeable user). The main advantage would be in a multi-user scenario, most of the non-technical people who don't seem to know to not run attachments, don't have the ability to destroy the system because they don't have the root/Admin password.
I recently set up a Mac for my in-laws and I have the Admin password. No one else does. The only thing I have to worry about, is someone deleting all of their personal files. Needless to say, I know only have to answer the ocassional useage question like "How do I burn a cd?"
Having a more secure operating system doesn't mean you have a more intelligent user, which is more of a problem. (As much as I hate windows)
Of course we don't let them work here. We let them come here to go to school, then we send them back and they take our jobs there because why pay a lot of money for software when you can get it dirt cheap from India?
Now is a real bad time to be a programmer... especially a newly graduated one. Of course pointy-haired bosses don't see the value of in-house development. If they can save money now, they look good. It doesn't matter that the software they get doesn't work right and they have to spend more money to fix it, they saved the company money.
There are also security concerns... but I won't go there.
Legitimate use for DeCSS? Like what? Not paying your fees and watching a DVD on Linux? Well that's illegal. Copying a DVD? Well that's illegal too. The only possible use I see would be to copy it to your hard drive *if you own the dvd* but it would be illegal to play it on an unlicensed dvd player so what's the point. Oh and just going around the copy protection is illegal too thanks to the DMCA.
Is it right? Well I think once I buy a dvd I should be able to watch it on whatever I want, and this includes Linux. However the law doesn't look at it that way because people like RIAA and the MPAA has money to lobby for laws to make things like this illegal. Granted they probably aren't going to go after someone like VideoLAN because they are not copying DVD's, it's used as a player. I don't think that is a court battle they are willing to try yet because I think if it goes to court it will get thrown out. They are more likely to go after dvd copying programs as they are taking out more of a hit out of their profits.
To sum up: it is illegal, but it shouldn't be. The DMCA is an evil bill and it needs to be thrown out. I for one use VideoLAN Client all the time. It's a great player for everything.
* Has anyone, besides SCO, looked at the Linux code and tried to determine what might have come from SCO, and what might have come from a common predecessor?
Not that I know of but that's hard to do because you need access to SCO's code. Though I'm sure IBM has looked at it and has assesed SCO's claims and since they haven't decided to settle or buy SCO, I'd bet that IBM has a strong defense.
* FUD FUD FUD: Lawsuits can last years and SCO's, whatever its merits, may cause Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, freezing many Linux customers and Linux contributors (who don't want to waste their time or be sued) for as long as it lasts. How can the FUD be countered?
Figure it out and let us know so we can stop M$ from doing it as well. FUD has been around a while and fortunately, IBM is in a good position to outlast SCO and 10 years from now SCO will be a distant memory and Linux and IBM will still be going strong.
* If SCO wins, what can be done? What will the consequences be?
IBM will appeal and it will go to the courts again and again until SCO runs out of money and goes bankrupt. But really I think that's a big IF.
* IBM will act in its own interests, of course, and not in the interests of the Linux community; what should we expect from them?
Actually IBM is a big supporter of Linux. Of course you are right in the fact that they will protect their own interests first but I don't think IBM wants Linux to go away.
* How time-consuming would it be to replace all SCO code (if it does exist)? Should it be done now, with all the code they claim regardless of merit, to preempt their case?
Depends on how much code there is. I don't really think this is a huge issue or they would be attacking Linux directly rather than throw it on as another allegation against IBM.
* Is including controlled technologies in Linux the equivalent of violating US export laws? That could have implications far beyond SCO's suit.
Except for the fact that Linux isn't developed soley in the US. How can you restrict something that originates elsewhere?
SCO is just hoping IBM will throw them some money to shut them up. If IBM buys SCO, their stock will soar and the guys at the top can sell their stock and retire. However, IBM said nah... I think I'll pass and they got upset and threw a fit.
I read through this and thought Jobs was right on with most of his comments. While some of his tacticks can be seen as mean, he is expressing concerns that will help the product advance. I think most of Jobs' concerns were valid concerns. He could have been a little nicer about it but nice people tend to not make very good buisness men. You need to be decisive and hard on people to make it where he is today. I think Jobs has a lot of vision and after reading the snippet, I think he is quite practical when realizing what people will do.
While I don't agree with all of his decisions, apple is making a comeback. In 10 years we may be fighting a huge monopoly known as Apple instead of Windows.
It is possible that Microsoft's biggest competitor is themselves, and releasing lots of untied, free (but subsidized) browsers that people can install in their old operating systems is self-defeating
Or at least until they stop supporting that operating system. Try getting a security update for 95. Or even for a laugh 3.x.
Windows NextVersion will likely garner a lot more interest if it comes with New Shiny Browser 9.0...interest that would be diluted if you could download 9.0 and install it on your Windows 95 machine.
Oh wait you can't! Older operating systems are no longer supported by windows and the new Office packages and Spiffy browsers are no longer supported.
That and Aspartame is nasty stuff. Do some reasearch and I'd bet you'd never drink anything with it ever again. Personally I drink very little soda. I never really got the diet phenomena, if you want to really lose weight, drink water. Heck even ice tea has less calories. (just watch the sugar content) -Chris
My recommendation to you is to not just try and learn, but focus on one aspect and figure out how to do it. I'd suggest you first check out Linux from scratch: http://tldp.org/LDP/lfs/html/
I mean if you want a web server, download apache and play with it. Find the doc directory for your distribution and read! There is lots of information on web pages, just read a lot. Pick up a book on UNIX and learn about how files are structured, learn about links. Learn how to use ssh and when in doubt check out the man pages.
Make sure you know either vi or emacs (or both) and try and learn a shell script of some sort (I'd recommend either bash or c-shell). Also once you get a lot of this down, check out sed and awk. Most of this stuff is on the web and because of the vast ammounts of information to learn, there really isn't one book that isn't going to bore you. -Chris
Yeah, insurance is madatory here too. It's also illegal to buy/sell drugs, pirate software, kill someone, etc... Does that mean it doesn't happen? In PA it is a big problem, especially in Philadelphia. They are trying to fix it but it is still a problem. Besides not having insurance, insurance fraud is a big deal too... yeah, I'm sure you had a brand new TV in your car...
The tax you just paid on your car doesn't go to the insurance companies. I don't know how it is in Canada but in the US we mainly pay a registration fee. The taxes on a new car go to the government just like when I buy a new TV or stereo or something. This is equivalent to the VAT tax in the EU. We also pay to register the car and get our license plates. However, none of this goes to the insurance companies. If I buy a computer, I will pay tax on it. (unless I buy it online and it's out of state) However, I don't pay a tax to RIAA/MPAA just like when I buy a car, none of the tax goes to the insurance company. -Chris
It still needs to connect to your network which means a new light on your hub/switch/router. A regular portscan of your network ip address range would find this, then you can just pull the connection at the other end. I don't think the security concerns are as great as everyone seems to think. I think it would be cool to modify it to integrate a wireless card with it to allow a wider market. I for one don't really feel like running cables into my kitchen. -Chris
Very good point, something many people don't realize. However, what they are posing is a double-whammy. First they jack up the price of movies, games, cds, etc... then they turn around and tax you. You don't pay an insurance tax when you buy your car just because not everyone has insurance, do you? That's essentially what is being proposed. -Chris
I haven't used Jabber in a while simply because of this server issue (and none of my friends use it and convincing them can be hard). However, I believe it is due to the fact that these servers aren't stable. In a corporate setting however, the company can run the server. A company could throw a few servers up (depending on it's size) and it would have it's own IM service. However, as we have seen with linux, many companies are slow to adopt open source technology. However, perhaps something like Jabber would be a good place to start. An IT department could start up a few servers, use it for the tech department and then once it's up and running propose to the pointy haiired bosses that it can be a tool that everyone can use. I don't know if this would work but I think it's worth a shot... Anyone already done something similar? -Chris
I personally like the versatility of OS X... I like the way it is based on UNIX (BSD) so that the *NIX gurus can use it comfortably, especially now with the addition of xfree86 with a quartz window manager.
The integration of the smb protocol allows easy integration into a windows environment. (or a *NIX environment running samba)
The programs are easy to use and the GUI is nice. The filemanager is certainly better than any GUI filemanager in *NIX that I've seen.
I've had many windows users ask me for help installing drivers that conflict with other drivers. While the mac typically doesn't work well with older hardware it usually works well with new things.
I got a powerbook G4 and I love it, it runs OS X well (not slow) and when I got a digital camera, I just plugged it into one of the USB ports, iPhoto opened, I hit the import button and it downloaded all my pictures.
However when I got a new scanner, the software that came with it was confusing and a little buggy. An update fixed most of the problems but it still isn't as userfriendly as most of the apple programs.
This has been my only bad experience with hardware/software on the mac so far. I primarily use Linux but I couldn't pass up the powerbook when I looked at laptops. While I wish I had a new one with a better resolution screen and the superdrive, I still like it. I also couldn't pass up getting an ipod as well. Now I wish I waited for the 20gb iPod, I didn't know it was coming and instead got the 4gb one. While iTunes doesn't have the nice skinning support that X11amp (or winamp) has, it's nice and the browse feature is really nice when you have a large collection of music and it integrates well with the iPod.
I haven't had any problems with the Palm Desktop software though I can't seem to sync it with the iCal program. (Though Palm Desktop works well and easily syncs my Palm 515) -Chris
bah, you'll get much better beer if you ditch the little plastic keg. If you really want to keg, go get yourself a 5 gallon soda keg. I've done this a few times and it works well. Go to your local Homebrew supply store, they should be able to hook you up with everything you need to make better beer than these little plastic kits. -Chris
sftp is not the way to go if you want public access of files. sftp would be the way to go if you were required an account to download/upload files.
If the files you are serving are large then use ftp. If the files are smaller (less than 10MB) use http.
http is great, I sometimes throw up a file on there if I need to give it to someone and it is too big to e-mail. (Happened recently with a batch of photos from the car show)
Since I already have a web page it was easy to just throw the file in the http directory and provide the link in an e-mail.
I like http for the most part. I doubt anyone will call you lame for using it, unless the files are huge. -Chris
Bah, find a local homebrew supply store and walk in and pick up a copy of "The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing," it's really the only book you need. Then you need 1 plastic bucket with an airlock, 1 bottling bucket and a few other misc. items. You may need to pick up a big pot to cook it all in. (Stainless steel is the best)
The beer machine will make beer but if you want high quality beer for just a little more of an investment go to the homebrew supply store. Instead of plastic bottles, you can reuse your other beer bottles. It's fun to do and really isn't that hard. The hardest part is the wait.
I got started brewing my freshman year of college. Mainly because I couldn't bring beer into the dorm room so I decided to bring the ingredients in and make it. Now that I'm out of the dorms, I'm still brewing because I like the taste of homebrew and it's not that expensive. -Chris
ps. I've got 10 gallons (2 batches ~4 cases) fermenting right now for st. patty's day. (I'm gonna dye it green)
Just because you don't understand the humanities doesn't mean it's not academically rigorous. I know plenty of humanists who would stupidly assume that programming doesn't require any brains; after all, "it's just writing down instructions for machines. What's so hard about that.")
I'm currently a CS major and I switched from Electrical and Computer engineering. Because of the switch some of the Engineering classes (Calc 1, 2, 3) counted for multiple CS classes (Calc 1, 2, 3, 4) therefore I just need 2 more classes to meet the required classes to graduate, I need to make up some credits for the lost class. Did I say oh, writing code is "just writing down instructions for machines" so I'll take a bunch more CS classes? No I said I'm almost done I just need some easy classes so I might as well take some lit classes. (and one Film class on Comedy)
Which class do I spend most of my time on? The 2 classes I need for CS. I take the train in to school and read my lit books on the train. Then I just have to write a couple of papers, answer some questions in class and occasionally have to write something in class. -Chris
We do too learn assembly... I specifically learned about the MIPS architecture. Hated it but they do still teach it in CS classes. We touched on it a bit in Programming language concepts and then in Systems Architecture I and II, we actually had to write assembly code. I remember the happy day when I got my one assigmnet to work, we had to grab the keyboard interupts and display them. None of my non-CS friends could understand why I was so happy to have text that I typed appear on the screen. -Chris
Ok, lots of hype over bluetooth and though I haven't had a chance to use it, it looks promising. My question is, what on earth would a car need bluetooth for? Transmit mileage and other stats to a palm or something? Maybe (I'm not sure of the speed and bandwidth of bluetooth) bluetooth mp3 player? I don't know anyone know what they are using it for? -Chris
Tolkien provided a vast ammount of information for the directors to choose from. They don't have to include it all, I'll be the first to admit that Tom Bombadil really didn't do much for the story as a whole. Why do you need to change something in the story? Great works are great works for a reason. People like Peter Jackson get caught up and want to make the movie their movie, not Tolkien's book made into a movie.
An "movie adaptation" would be rewriting the book into a movie form. NOT basterdizing the story by moving things, adding and deleting things. By dumbing down stories and adding things such as comic relief every minute or so you make dumb movies. (dumb in the sense that the film is dumb and watching the movie seems to make you dumber)
That said I did see
The Two Towers
opening day and I have read Tolkien's books. I own the
Fellowship of the Ring
on DVD and I will most likely get the other two when they come out. They are great as eye candy movies, they look neat. Certain elements of the book really come alive and as a companion to the book, but if I never read the book, I'd think it was a funny love story, something it's not. -Chris
That's just plain wrong. You can't take and average joe-racer and put him in a racecar and expect him to do well. I once heard about a local autocross race where this "girl" shows up in a stock camaro and blew the pants off of everyone else there. (including the modified cars) I'm not trying to say a camaro is a crap car, just that it was stock and not modified so the other drivers had the mechanical advantage. She one, why? She raced professionally. Skill will make up for a bad car but a good car can't make up for a bad driver. -Chris
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Because it's not so much to OS as it is the users. Not that M$ is a really great operating system or, goes to any real length to actually protect the user.
Linux and Mac are both more secure (assuming a knowledgeable user). The main advantage would be in a multi-user scenario, most of the non-technical people who don't seem to know to not run attachments, don't have the ability to destroy the system because they don't have the root/Admin password.
I recently set up a Mac for my in-laws and I have the Admin password. No one else does. The only thing I have to worry about, is someone deleting all of their personal files. Needless to say, I know only have to answer the ocassional useage question like "How do I burn a cd?"
Having a more secure operating system doesn't mean you have a more intelligent user, which is more of a problem. (As much as I hate windows)
Of course we don't let them work here. We let them come here to go to school, then we send them back and they take our jobs there because why pay a lot of money for software when you can get it dirt cheap from India?
Now is a real bad time to be a programmer... especially a newly graduated one. Of course pointy-haired bosses don't see the value of in-house development. If they can save money now, they look good. It doesn't matter that the software they get doesn't work right and they have to spend more money to fix it, they saved the company money.
There are also security concerns... but I won't go there.
Legitimate use for DeCSS? Like what? Not paying your fees and watching a DVD on Linux? Well that's illegal. Copying a DVD? Well that's illegal too. The only possible use I see would be to copy it to your hard drive *if you own the dvd* but it would be illegal to play it on an unlicensed dvd player so what's the point. Oh and just going around the copy protection is illegal too thanks to the DMCA.
Is it right? Well I think once I buy a dvd I should be able to watch it on whatever I want, and this includes Linux. However the law doesn't look at it that way because people like RIAA and the MPAA has money to lobby for laws to make things like this illegal. Granted they probably aren't going to go after someone like VideoLAN because they are not copying DVD's, it's used as a player. I don't think that is a court battle they are willing to try yet because I think if it goes to court it will get thrown out. They are more likely to go after dvd copying programs as they are taking out more of a hit out of their profits.
To sum up: it is illegal, but it shouldn't be. The DMCA is an evil bill and it needs to be thrown out. I for one use VideoLAN Client all the time. It's a great player for everything.
because 10.1 was free.
* Has anyone, besides SCO, looked at the Linux code and tried to determine what might have come from SCO, and what might have come from a common predecessor?
Not that I know of but that's hard to do because you need access to SCO's code. Though I'm sure IBM has looked at it and has assesed SCO's claims and since they haven't decided to settle or buy SCO, I'd bet that IBM has a strong defense.
* FUD FUD FUD: Lawsuits can last years and SCO's, whatever its merits, may cause Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, freezing many Linux customers and Linux contributors (who don't want to waste their time or be sued) for as long as it lasts. How can the FUD be countered?
Figure it out and let us know so we can stop M$ from doing it as well. FUD has been around a while and fortunately, IBM is in a good position to outlast SCO and 10 years from now SCO will be a distant memory and Linux and IBM will still be going strong.
* If SCO wins, what can be done? What will the consequences be?
IBM will appeal and it will go to the courts again and again until SCO runs out of money and goes bankrupt. But really I think that's a big IF.
* IBM will act in its own interests, of course, and not in the interests of the Linux community; what should we expect from them?
Actually IBM is a big supporter of Linux. Of course you are right in the fact that they will protect their own interests first but I don't think IBM wants Linux to go away.
* How time-consuming would it be to replace all SCO code (if it does exist)? Should it be done now, with all the code they claim regardless of merit, to preempt their case?
Depends on how much code there is. I don't really think this is a huge issue or they would be attacking Linux directly rather than throw it on as another allegation against IBM.
* Is including controlled technologies in Linux the equivalent of violating US export laws? That could have implications far beyond SCO's suit.
Except for the fact that Linux isn't developed soley in the US. How can you restrict something that originates elsewhere?
SCO is just hoping IBM will throw them some money to shut them up. If IBM buys SCO, their stock will soar and the guys at the top can sell their stock and retire. However, IBM said nah... I think I'll pass and they got upset and threw a fit.
I read through this and thought Jobs was right on with most of his comments. While some of his tacticks can be seen as mean, he is expressing concerns that will help the product advance. I think most of Jobs' concerns were valid concerns. He could have been a little nicer about it but nice people tend to not make very good buisness men. You need to be decisive and hard on people to make it where he is today. I think Jobs has a lot of vision and after reading the snippet, I think he is quite practical when realizing what people will do.
While I don't agree with all of his decisions, apple is making a comeback. In 10 years we may be fighting a huge monopoly known as Apple instead of Windows.
It is possible that Microsoft's biggest competitor is themselves, and releasing lots of untied, free (but subsidized) browsers that people can install in their old operating systems is self-defeating
Or at least until they stop supporting that operating system. Try getting a security update for 95. Or even for a laugh 3.x.
Windows NextVersion will likely garner a lot more interest if it comes with New Shiny Browser 9.0...interest that would be diluted if you could download 9.0 and install it on your Windows 95 machine.
Oh wait you can't! Older operating systems are no longer supported by windows and the new Office packages and Spiffy browsers are no longer supported.
That and Aspartame is nasty stuff. Do some reasearch and I'd bet you'd never drink anything with it ever again. Personally I drink very little soda. I never really got the diet phenomena, if you want to really lose weight, drink water. Heck even ice tea has less calories. (just watch the sugar content)
-Chris
whoops... forgot to close the tag... sorry about that
http://tldp.org/
My recommendation to you is to not just try and learn, but focus on one aspect and figure out how to do it. I'd suggest you first check out Linux from scratch: http://tldp.org/LDP/lfs/html/
I mean if you want a web server, download apache and play with it. Find the doc directory for your distribution and read! There is lots of information on web pages, just read a lot. Pick up a book on UNIX and learn about how files are structured, learn about links. Learn how to use ssh and when in doubt check out the man pages.
Make sure you know either vi or emacs (or both) and try and learn a shell script of some sort (I'd recommend either bash or c-shell). Also once you get a lot of this down, check out sed and awk. Most of this stuff is on the web and because of the vast ammounts of information to learn, there really isn't one book that isn't going to bore you.
-Chris
Yeah, insurance is madatory here too. It's also illegal to buy/sell drugs, pirate software, kill someone, etc... Does that mean it doesn't happen? In PA it is a big problem, especially in Philadelphia. They are trying to fix it but it is still a problem. Besides not having insurance, insurance fraud is a big deal too... yeah, I'm sure you had a brand new TV in your car...
The tax you just paid on your car doesn't go to the insurance companies. I don't know how it is in Canada but in the US we mainly pay a registration fee. The taxes on a new car go to the government just like when I buy a new TV or stereo or something. This is equivalent to the VAT tax in the EU. We also pay to register the car and get our license plates. However, none of this goes to the insurance companies. If I buy a computer, I will pay tax on it. (unless I buy it online and it's out of state) However, I don't pay a tax to RIAA/MPAA just like when I buy a car, none of the tax goes to the insurance company.
-Chris
It still needs to connect to your network which means a new light on your hub/switch/router. A regular portscan of your network ip address range would find this, then you can just pull the connection at the other end. I don't think the security concerns are as great as everyone seems to think. I think it would be cool to modify it to integrate a wireless card with it to allow a wider market. I for one don't really feel like running cables into my kitchen.
-Chris
Very good point, something many people don't realize. However, what they are posing is a double-whammy. First they jack up the price of movies, games, cds, etc... then they turn around and tax you. You don't pay an insurance tax when you buy your car just because not everyone has insurance, do you? That's essentially what is being proposed.
-Chris
I haven't used Jabber in a while simply because of this server issue (and none of my friends use it and convincing them can be hard). However, I believe it is due to the fact that these servers aren't stable. In a corporate setting however, the company can run the server. A company could throw a few servers up (depending on it's size) and it would have it's own IM service. However, as we have seen with linux, many companies are slow to adopt open source technology. However, perhaps something like Jabber would be a good place to start. An IT department could start up a few servers, use it for the tech department and then once it's up and running propose to the pointy haiired bosses that it can be a tool that everyone can use. I don't know if this would work but I think it's worth a shot... Anyone already done something similar?
-Chris
Gentoo is a linux distro...
I believe it builds everything from source code. I haven't actually tried it yet but that's what it is.
-Chris
I personally like the versatility of OS X...
I like the way it is based on UNIX (BSD) so that the *NIX gurus can use it comfortably, especially now with the addition of xfree86 with a quartz window manager.
The integration of the smb protocol allows easy integration into a windows environment. (or a *NIX environment running samba)
The programs are easy to use and the GUI is nice. The filemanager is certainly better than any GUI filemanager in *NIX that I've seen.
I've had many windows users ask me for help installing drivers that conflict with other drivers. While the mac typically doesn't work well with older hardware it usually works well with new things.
I got a powerbook G4 and I love it, it runs OS X well (not slow) and when I got a digital camera, I just plugged it into one of the USB ports, iPhoto opened, I hit the import button and it downloaded all my pictures.
However when I got a new scanner, the software that came with it was confusing and a little buggy. An update fixed most of the problems but it still isn't as userfriendly as most of the apple programs.
This has been my only bad experience with hardware/software on the mac so far. I primarily use Linux but I couldn't pass up the powerbook when I looked at laptops. While I wish I had a new one with a better resolution screen and the superdrive, I still like it. I also couldn't pass up getting an ipod as well. Now I wish I waited for the 20gb iPod, I didn't know it was coming and instead got the 4gb one. While iTunes doesn't have the nice skinning support that X11amp (or winamp) has, it's nice and the browse feature is really nice when you have a large collection of music and it integrates well with the iPod.
I haven't had any problems with the Palm Desktop software though I can't seem to sync it with the iCal program. (Though Palm Desktop works well and easily syncs my Palm 515)
-Chris
bah, you'll get much better beer if you ditch the little plastic keg. If you really want to keg, go get yourself a 5 gallon soda keg. I've done this a few times and it works well. Go to your local Homebrew supply store, they should be able to hook you up with everything you need to make better beer than these little plastic kits.
-Chris
sftp is not the way to go if you want public access of files. sftp would be the way to go if you were required an account to download/upload files.
If the files you are serving are large then use ftp. If the files are smaller (less than 10MB) use http.
http is great, I sometimes throw up a file on there if I need to give it to someone and it is too big to e-mail. (Happened recently with a batch of photos from the car show)
Since I already have a web page it was easy to just throw the file in the http directory and provide the link in an e-mail.
I like http for the most part. I doubt anyone will call you lame for using it, unless the files are huge.
-Chris
Bah, find a local homebrew supply store and walk in and pick up a copy of "The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing," it's really the only book you need. Then you need 1 plastic bucket with an airlock, 1 bottling bucket and a few other misc. items. You may need to pick up a big pot to cook it all in. (Stainless steel is the best)
The beer machine will make beer but if you want high quality beer for just a little more of an investment go to the homebrew supply store. Instead of plastic bottles, you can reuse your other beer bottles. It's fun to do and really isn't that hard. The hardest part is the wait.
I got started brewing my freshman year of college. Mainly because I couldn't bring beer into the dorm room so I decided to bring the ingredients in and make it. Now that I'm out of the dorms, I'm still brewing because I like the taste of homebrew and it's not that expensive.
-Chris
ps. I've got 10 gallons (2 batches ~4 cases) fermenting right now for st. patty's day. (I'm gonna dye it green)
Are you posting to slashdot and not using linux? Geeze, if you use linux you don't have to worry about "paying for software."
Seriously though I'd say it was just spam.
-Chris
Just because you don't understand the humanities doesn't mean it's not academically rigorous. I know plenty of humanists who would stupidly assume that programming doesn't require any brains; after all, "it's just writing down instructions for machines. What's so hard about that.")
I'm currently a CS major and I switched from Electrical and Computer engineering. Because of the switch some of the Engineering classes (Calc 1, 2, 3) counted for multiple CS classes (Calc 1, 2, 3, 4) therefore I just need 2 more classes to meet the required classes to graduate, I need to make up some credits for the lost class. Did I say oh, writing code is "just writing down instructions for machines" so I'll take a bunch more CS classes? No I said I'm almost done I just need some easy classes so I might as well take some lit classes. (and one Film class on Comedy)
Which class do I spend most of my time on? The 2 classes I need for CS. I take the train in to school and read my lit books on the train. Then I just have to write a couple of papers, answer some questions in class and occasionally have to write something in class.
-Chris
We do too learn assembly... I specifically learned about the MIPS architecture. Hated it but they do still teach it in CS classes. We touched on it a bit in Programming language concepts and then in Systems Architecture I and II, we actually had to write assembly code. I remember the happy day when I got my one assigmnet to work, we had to grab the keyboard interupts and display them. None of my non-CS friends could understand why I was so happy to have text that I typed appear on the screen.
-Chris
Ok, lots of hype over bluetooth and though I haven't had a chance to use it, it looks promising. My question is, what on earth would a car need bluetooth for? Transmit mileage and other stats to a palm or something? Maybe (I'm not sure of the speed and bandwidth of bluetooth) bluetooth mp3 player? I don't know anyone know what they are using it for?
-Chris
An "movie adaptation" would be rewriting the book into a movie form. NOT basterdizing the story by moving things, adding and deleting things. By dumbing down stories and adding things such as comic relief every minute or so you make dumb movies. (dumb in the sense that the film is dumb and watching the movie seems to make you dumber)
That said I did see
- The Two Towers
opening day and I have read Tolkien's books. I own the- Fellowship of the Ring
on DVD and I will most likely get the other two when they come out. They are great as eye candy movies, they look neat. Certain elements of the book really come alive and as a companion to the book, but if I never read the book, I'd think it was a funny love story, something it's not.-Chris
That's just plain wrong. You can't take and average joe-racer and put him in a racecar and expect him to do well. I once heard about a local autocross race where this "girl" shows up in a stock camaro and blew the pants off of everyone else there. (including the modified cars) I'm not trying to say a camaro is a crap car, just that it was stock and not modified so the other drivers had the mechanical advantage. She one, why? She raced professionally. Skill will make up for a bad car but a good car can't make up for a bad driver.
-Chris