As someone who dual-booted Coherent (UNIX clone) and Windows 3.1 in the early '90s, then OS/2 from '95 to '00 and then linux, my first urge is to say something snotty like "people would have been running stable 32-bit apps from the start and would appreciate good computing".
But to give the Gates his due, Windows has always been the games machine and that is partially because Windows 95 had a throwback DOS base. The performance on crummy '90s equipment was superior if one was willing to accept the occasional crash. That had to greatly increase the home penetration of PCs. How many home users were playing Castle Wolfenstein before getting onto the internet?
Before '90? Well anybody else could have bought CPM for the IBM PC.
Have you ever seen a movie in a theater?! I have, it's a heck of a lot better than watching it at home. Thus, THAT'S the advantage of re-releasing a movie to the theater. We get a chance, or a second chance, to see a great movie on a large screen.
We have a theatre dedicated to classic movies. Several cities do.
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Gosh darn the beancounters. I wish he would just "SHHHHHHH!" about this. How many New World explorers didn't find their mountain of gold? So I guess it wasn't worth it.
When the euro came out, it was worth a dollar. You haven't been keeping up on the effects of Bush budgetary policy on the conversion rates, have you? (The dollar is sinking -- badly.)
True enough that Flight Gear isn't a fighter sim, but it is pretty impressive in its own ways. I think it should be included in any list of actively developed games/sims that run native linux.
My 272-draft-number ass eventually ended up sharing a cube with a guy who volunteered for a _second_ combat infantry tour. A fairly dark-spirited guy who once hinted that he knew more than a little Laotian. When I told him I was an amateur radio operator in high school, he smirked that I could have ended up next to him -- only carrying about 80 lbs., wishing it were a gun and wishing I wouldn't be the first one who'd get picked off.
The same could probably be said for a lot of computer-savy kids today.
"Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is adamant that he will not ask Congress to authorize a draft...."
So it's a done deal? (My little weathervane on how English is spoken in this White House).
Oh, go ahead and troll. I'm still not convinced Loki Games was a fair trial.
I HATED, HATED, HATED the version of their website I saw. The Elfin-friendly woodland green text on brown of equal chroma was so impossibly hard for me to read, I actually navigated their site by lynx browser to read game descriptions. I should try the wayback machine to see whether I can archive a copy of one of their pages as an example of how _not_ to be a web designer.
That's how I eventually found a wife as an adult. But the active teenage members in my metro are a pretty small group so even if you are in a large city I would recommend going to an event or two as a "guest" first to see whether it would be worth it.
I worked for a G+T summer camp. They pretty much worked the kids 8 hrs/day and it was still estimated that they left, on average, with the names and addresses of an incredible 100 classmates to write and email.
Probably the best solution. Go with his peers.
Sports? You might try _weird_ sports. I went to a college that required freshman PE (yes, some years ago, conservative and fundamentalist). Another nerdy little guy picked up before I did on the fact that in weird sports, we're ALL EQUAL AGAIN. He was a savage tiger in FENCING.
The only Windows that gives you a half-way unrestricted license for single use is a box set. Worth $45 bucks for a box set even if the "box" is a cd with.pdf manuals? Sure. Then I can afford vmware to run it on linux.
And speaking of piracy, the most clueless Windows cheerleader I know has probably never purchased a copy and is still on ME. It'll be interesting to see if he's still feeling the value when he finally gets to experience activation.
Laser really is the solution. Don't pay for the razor blades. Buy a more expensive razor up front. I remember the HP manual saying they don't officially forbid refilling cartridges. I've been doing it for a couple years now. When a roller starts painting wavy lines at the edges -- time to update the.pdf manuals with the last of that charge!
It is rather ironic that Microsoft and other closed model companies rather resemble the Stalinist or Maoist model of a command economy with complete centralised control."
Centralized control is not so unique to communist political structures. Fascism has a pyramidal hierarchy. And when legislators listen to corporations first, that is also a command economy.
I don't know if science fiction movies are our best predictor of the future, but I agree with your the basic idea. Direct-to-Mars might have a big psychological pay off if it succeeds. But if it fails, the impact could set back planetary exploration farther than taking the slow approach would have achieved.
I suppose the opposite argument is that the U.S. space program is withering and if we don't do something sexy, it'll die anyway.
The more I think about it -- orbiting honeymoon motel for the rich and the inevitable reality series that would accompany it. Sex is the pioneer drive for all technologies. The government can buy it out eventually as an R and R base for L5 staff.
The Chinese and Europe, same as always. From what I understand, they are buying up the treasury notes that support our debt. While Dubya's playing war commander, the movie he is starring in is being paid for by selling off the country.
Now, if everyone in the U.S. could just skip out on the debt. Maybe -- Mars?
what better time to join up with the other countries of the world and create starfleet early.
Not the way the 21st century is working out so far. Other countries must join with us in subjugation to our benevolence. Because we're the good-doers who love freedom.
Yeah, Yeah. I use OpenOffice on linux too. But it isn't even WORD (spit). You are obviously a heathen who hasn't accepted WP into your heart. I must forgive those who know not what they say.
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You need people together out in the streets.
The U.S. is a schizoid suburbia with shopping malls conveniently placed within an SUV drive. But there are no truly public spaces. We are each alone.
Not in Project Guttenberg yet
There's nothing like reading the original works.
As someone who dual-booted Coherent (UNIX clone) and Windows 3.1 in the early '90s, then OS/2 from '95 to '00 and then linux, my first urge is to say something snotty like "people would have been running stable 32-bit apps from the start and would appreciate good computing".
But to give the Gates his due, Windows has always been the games machine and that is partially because Windows 95 had a throwback DOS base. The performance on crummy '90s equipment was superior if one was willing to accept the occasional crash. That had to greatly increase the home penetration of PCs. How many home users were playing Castle Wolfenstein before getting onto the internet?
Before '90? Well anybody else could have bought CPM for the IBM PC.
One wonders how the US government would react if a foreign nation tried a similar approach."
Names Pinochet and Kissinger ring a bell?
Have religious people took the stick out their ass, or will there be more criticism?
HeHe. With ads coming out on Good Friday, I vote "criticism". Others might call it publicity -- works every time.
Have you ever seen a movie in a theater?! I have, it's a heck of a lot better than watching it at home. Thus, THAT'S the advantage of re-releasing a movie to the theater. We get a chance, or a second chance, to see a great movie on a large screen.
We have a theatre dedicated to classic movies. Several cities do.
Gosh darn the beancounters. I wish he would just "SHHHHHHH!" about this. How many New World explorers didn't find their mountain of gold? So I guess it wasn't worth it.
When the euro came out, it was worth a dollar. You haven't been keeping up on the effects of Bush budgetary policy on the conversion rates, have you? (The dollar is sinking -- badly.)
So what is the open source value of mplayer?
Well, it _is_ a 16". But I wonder if it is resilvering time? Even if aluminum, how long does aluminum last?
True enough that Flight Gear isn't a fighter sim, but it is pretty impressive in its own ways. I think it should be included in any list of actively developed games/sims that run native linux.
Yeah, joysticks are still a pain.
My 272-draft-number ass eventually ended up sharing a cube with a guy who volunteered for a _second_ combat infantry tour. A fairly dark-spirited guy who once hinted that he knew more than a little Laotian. When I told him I was an amateur radio operator in high school, he smirked that I could have ended up next to him -- only carrying about 80 lbs., wishing it were a gun and wishing I wouldn't be the first one who'd get picked off.
The same could probably be said for a lot of computer-savy kids today.
"Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is adamant that he will not ask Congress to authorize a draft...."
So it's a done deal? (My little weathervane on how English is spoken in this White House).
Oh, go ahead and troll. I'm still not convinced Loki Games was a fair trial.
I HATED, HATED, HATED the version of their website I saw. The Elfin-friendly woodland green text on brown of equal chroma was so impossibly hard for me to read, I actually navigated their site by lynx browser to read game descriptions. I should try the wayback machine to see whether I can archive a copy of one of their pages as an example of how _not_ to be a web designer.
The ports themselves were another issue......
That's how I eventually found a wife as an adult. But the active teenage members in my metro are a pretty small group so even if you are in a large city I would recommend going to an event or two as a "guest" first to see whether it would be worth it.
I worked for a G+T summer camp. They pretty much worked the kids 8 hrs/day and it was still estimated that they left, on average, with the names and addresses of an incredible 100 classmates to write and email.
Probably the best solution. Go with his peers.
Sports? You might try _weird_ sports. I went to a college that required freshman PE (yes, some years ago, conservative and fundamentalist). Another nerdy little guy picked up before I did on the fact that in weird sports, we're ALL EQUAL AGAIN. He was a savage tiger in FENCING.
The only Windows that gives you a half-way unrestricted license for single use is a box set. Worth $45 bucks for a box set even if the "box" is a cd with .pdf manuals? Sure. Then I can afford vmware to run it on linux.
And speaking of piracy, the most clueless Windows cheerleader I know has probably never purchased a copy and is still on ME. It'll be interesting to see if he's still feeling the value when he finally gets to experience activation.
$7 for Britannica 2002 the other week at Half Price Books.
Runs well on Win95 via win4lin on RedHat -- which is pretty cool actually that they kept it that vanilla.
Laser really is the solution. Don't pay for the razor blades. Buy a more expensive razor up front. I remember the HP manual saying they don't officially forbid refilling cartridges. I've been doing it for a couple years now. When a roller starts painting wavy lines at the edges -- time to update the
It is rather ironic that Microsoft and other closed model companies rather resemble the Stalinist or Maoist model of a command economy with complete centralised control."
Centralized control is not so unique to communist political structures. Fascism has a pyramidal hierarchy. And when legislators listen to corporations first, that is also a command economy.
So it is not ironic at all.
I'm surprised more people aren't admitting it: thoughfully poetic young girl, fast bike, post-modern cyberpunk landscape. I know I'm in love.
I don't know if science fiction movies are our best predictor of the future, but I agree with your the basic idea. Direct-to-Mars might have a big psychological pay off if it succeeds. But if it fails, the impact could set back planetary exploration farther than taking the slow approach would have achieved.
I suppose the opposite argument is that the U.S. space program is withering and if we don't do something sexy, it'll die anyway.
The more I think about it -- orbiting honeymoon motel for the rich and the inevitable reality series that would accompany it. Sex is the pioneer drive for all technologies. The government can buy it out eventually as an R and R base for L5 staff.
Which pocket should this come out of?
The Chinese and Europe, same as always. From what I understand, they are buying up the treasury notes that support our debt. While Dubya's playing war commander, the movie he is starring in is being paid for by selling off the country.
Now, if everyone in the U.S. could just skip out on the debt. Maybe -- Mars?
what better time to join up with the other countries of the world and create starfleet early.
Not the way the 21st century is working out so far. Other countries must join with us in subjugation to our benevolence. Because we're the good-doers who love freedom.
Wasn't the 21st century, the genetic wars?
Shocking. Positively shocking! To imagine that Microsoft would hire a front company to attack a competitor with FUD and legal tricks.
When did they get so lazy they had to hire out?
Why bother when OpenOffice is equally as good...
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Haw!!! Haw!!! Haw!!!
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[Choke!]
[Wheeze!!]
STOP IT! YOU'RE KILLING ME!
Yeah, Yeah. I use OpenOffice on linux too. But it isn't even WORD (spit). You are obviously a heathen who hasn't accepted WP into your heart. I must forgive those who know not what they say.