This 1GB service is not available yet. For fun, I signed up for their email anyway and got 6 megs for free. But I can get 120 megs for only 269 shekles a year (currently US$58.68)!!!!1111. (Sorry, the site is just really really enthusiastic.):)
Oh, wait. It's actually 288 sheks with the VAT. Can't forget that.
By you. Just because you don't know something does that make it unknown? Or does that merely mean that you don't know it? Walla has been around for a while. I'm too lazy to look up how long they've been around, but I definitely remember seeing them in 1997.
b) Physically quite a ways from most wired countries, as opposed to widespread google (Akamai?) servers
What does that mean? Israel is much closer to Finland, South Korea, Singapore, and Japan than the US is. But who says Walla's only point of presence has to be Israel? Do you think this service is in some dude's closet in a Tel Aviv highrise?
c) Israeli only so far, vs. however many localizations (let alone simple translations) google/gmail has/will have.
I suppose an Israeli portal who sells advertising to Israeli companies really ought to be in English. I mean, really every country in the world should just speak English. Also, God knows niche companies always fail.
d) None of the advanced searching/sorting features that Gmail has been promising and actually do sound fairly nice.
And I suppose you signed up and verified this?
Cute response, but just because a service in another country is better than anything in the country that Canadians wannabe doesn't mean you can just write it off as "cute". That's like saying Microsoft Internet Explorer is "cute" because it kicked Netscape's ass.
Hahahahah. You're so funny. But if anyone is going to get some thunder these days, what about the US? If the way to get "one hell of a lot of thunder" is to piss off enough muslims, do you think that Israel, who has pissed off two million muslims, or the US, who has pissed off 25 million Iraqis plus countless Saudis and Iranians, is going to get thunder?
When I waited tables at a shitty diner, I made about 45k/yr. YMMV. As for a starting cs grad, expect between $25k and $55k depending on the location and company.
I know that's a big range, but there is a big range of opportunities out there. Don't get too hung up on entry-level pay, tho. Get some good experience at a place that'll look good on the 'ol resume. Make sure you make enough to cover your bills and so you can save a bit. After you've got 5 yrs exp or so, if you don't suck ass, you can pretty much find a position that pays 6 figs. That's been my experience, anyhow.
Yeah, the.com period is over, but if you are good, you are sought-after and compensated.
We take measures to improve the safety of our roads, and we take measures to improve the safety of air transit. We concentrate on both. In fact, we spend way more on roads than we do on airport security. Or did you think all the roads, bridges, traffic lights, stop signs, maintenance of all of the above, speed limits, drunk-driving laws, driving examinations, car-safety inspections, etc. were free?
I think you're just used to the road-safety measures so you don't notice them. But the government is trying to keep our roads safe, too.
That's one death every twelve minutes. A September 11 every month.
Don't you think it's a good idea to invest in airport security so we don't have a 9/11 every month?
It's an off the shelf threatening letter. They use it over and over again just substituting different names.
What the website operator should have done is either (preferrably) get a lawyer to write an off-the-shelf response, or craft one himself if he has the confidence. But, really, it's better to have a lawyer do it, since that is more likely to end the issue immediately.
Notice, I did not say "hire" a lawyer to craft the letter. Remember all the times you helped Uncle Ernie, Esq. with his computer problems? It's time to call in a favor. You did help him instead of telling him to go fsck off, didn't you?
That didn't take long. Don't forget to email the site administrator at webmaster@greenhorse.com to let him know about the issue. Might want to use a throwaway email account, tho.
If I'd put the same person on KDE or Gnome, they probably would have spent half of their time fighting their own intuition
KDE passed the wife acceptance test. It'd be a cold day in hell before she could install it, but she can use MythTV and use a browser, etc. if she doesn't feel like going upstairs to use her machine (windows). I'm sure she'd do fine installing Knoppix, tho.
Perhaps the problem with open source is the volume. There is just so much out there that it's hard to find the "nongeek-friendly" projects.
Easy to use. Easy to install. Better than closed-source alternatives (no popups, no IE viruses). Last, but not least, passes the mom test. My mom successfully installed and is usining Mozilla. All by herself.
Now if I can only get her to quit forwarding me those retarded chain letters we'll be all set.
Unless the current versions of the linux bootloaders (plural) have serious issues with SATA drives
Anything's possible. You could always try booting USB or (gak) floppy. Weird. Or a network install. Or an HD install (most of the distros have an option where you can have the CD img on the HD... I know deb does, anyhow). Oh well, good luck with it!;)
That sucks. This is honestly the first time I've ever heard of Knoppix not booting. I'm sure you've checked, but I have to ask anyhow, do you have your bios correctly configured to boot from CD? Do you have some kind of goofball hardware that's making it choke?
Sorry, I'm sure you've checked everything, but it just baffles me that Knopp wouldn't take. Knopp seems to detect everything.
Who the hell gets seasick in the water? My mom gets seasickness like I've never seen anyone get seasick before. I mean, she feeds the fish every single time she gets near a boat. But once she hits the water, she's fine.
I've never heard of anyone yacking underwater. In a reg or out of a reg. Yeesh.
"Tastes like shit" would be a more correct description of pure H2O. Try taking a swig of distilled water sometime. Gross.
That's why Coke and Pepsi have to add some minerals to Aquafina and Dasani (it is made by completely purifying ordinary tap water then adding a specific mineral blend to it... you didn't think it was spring water, did you?):)
Whilst I haven't looked at KDE recently (for some reason, my current PC refuses to boot any version of Linux I've thrown at it so far.
My PC wouldn't even install Win2K. Ouch. Anyhow, try using grub. Really kicks lilo's ass, and may help your booting issue. Knoppix might work for you, too. Really takes all the headaches out of the process.
When you can install an application with out spending hours or days tracking down various RPMs, wrestling with dependencies and conflicts, or having to update gtk2.0+-0.2.2.1 or some other "obscure" thing, then it'll be ready.
Oh, for fuck's sake. How to install KDE on your system in two simple steps:
apt-get install kde x-window-system
Quit bitching about how hard it is to install things in Linux.
That's straight out of the Debian installation doc. RedHat and Slackware actually make it even easier (wish Deb would take the hint on that one). Contrast that with Win2K, which I couldn't even get to install on my home-built machine after any amount of tinkering. I was gonna make a dual-booter but I gave up in disgust and returned Windows to the store. Linux installed on the first try.
I'm not sure what amazes me more: how hard it is to install Windows, or how many people actually think Linux is hard to install.
Both all crashed and/or locked up on me frequently
Don't know what to tell you without more specifics. I can tell you that my WinXP machine at work crashes daily and the box I built for MythTV never crashes, and that is always-on, running KDE, and recording/serving TV shows and movies and music. Of course, the box that I built did not use shitbox hardware, which is prolly the problem with my WinXP box at work.
If you're happy with icewm, by all means have a blast with it. But I just thought I'd comment that your issues were probably not with KDE or Gnome (especially since you experienced crashes with both).;) It was prolly flakey hardware or an old driver or something. Maybe your X config? I dunno. Without more info, it's hard to tell.
My experience with Joe and Jane Computer User is that they don't care about any of this shit.
It has been my experience that there are advantages to Linux that Joe and Jane computer user do care about. For instance, nobody likes BSODs and GPFs. In the last 9 years, I have gotten Linux to fail from userspace BSOD-style exactly twice. The first time I have no idea what I did to cause it, but the second time I was doing some nasty things with Picture in Picture with MythTV that I probably should not have been doing in the first place.:) Obviously Windows BSODs on me at a bare minimum of twice a week (must use XP at work. Blast.)
People also do not like spyware or viruses. I consider myself to be a careful and clueful Internet user, but I have actually managed to get Windows boxes infected with spyware probably two or three times (contrast that with my parents, whose machines I have to disinfect every time I am at their house). Apt and fakeroot keep me out of harm's way just fine in Linux and have never caught a virus or other malware in Linux.
As far as I can tell, the biggest problem with Linux is that it is too big and too hard to learn. Your comment about microwave ovens, etc. was dead on. Sure, I could throw Deb on my parents' machines and just let cron-apt keep their shit up to date, and they would be perfectly happy checking their email, using mozilla, using OO.o, etc.(my mom would miss snood, tho!) But what would happen if they bought a new printer? Or a scanner? Or a new computer?! They could never install those things themselves. Sure, I could do that stuff for them remotely, even, but I don't have to do that with their windows boxes.
I guess it's a chicken and egg problem. Hardware manufactures don't take Linux seriously because few people use it. And few people use it, because it's a bitch to get things set up (never mind that once things are set up, Linux is pure bliss). What I find kinda funny, however, is that if you take a raw PC with no OS on it, Linux is way easier to set up than Windows! But Windows just comes on the machine. That is what's got to change. If the major pc manufacturers decided to offer the same PCs with the same hardware and have Linux be an option instead of Windows (and charge less 'cuz no Microsoft tax), more people would elect Linux and more hardware manufacturers would take linux seriously.
Maybe this cheapie linux-based walmart pc will help. If so, that'd be great. But for now, I still think that even with Knoppix, et al, Linux is still too hard for your average Joe to use. I use it and I love it. But.. well.. yeah. My dad would hate it 'cuz all it would do for him is to run continuously without BSODing, which is not so useful.
"Amateurs" who don't look willing. You may not see a gun in the picture, but the girl keeps nervously looking at someone off-camera, instead of enjoying her hot dog.
Don't confuse rape with lousy acting and no rehersals.
If they are actually going to go after the major TV and cable networks over their hardcore stuff, the industry as a whole is screwed.
Not his style. He goes after small producers who don't have the resources to defend themselves. If Ashcroft coes after Comcast or another major network, he's gonna get his ass handed to him in court.
Apple expected this kind of thing and has a philosophy that most people will pay for their service regardless of if they can get it free elsewhere--simply because they will pay for quality and service.
+1 Insightful. This is what I've been telling people ever since the Napster days. That the RIAA should not concentrate on killing Napster, but that they should simply compete. Napster may have been "free", but you were downloading an mp3 which may or may not have defects (skips, low bitrates), and may or may not be named correctly, from some guy's 56k modem in Kalamazoo, MI. Think about how many people would rather pay a reasonable fee for a professionally-ripped track that they can download from a high-speed server, in a format that does not get in their way.
iTunes is such a service and they will continue to do well. People value their time and will pay for quality and the piece of mind of knowing they're legit.
If somebody is going to commit something illegal, he'll probably enter the country illegally. Probably through the porous mexican border or the huge coastline that the US has.
First, you need to s/mexican/Canadian. Second, why would a terrorist enter the country illegally (these laws are presumably to stop terrorists)? He/she would attract less attention by simply coming in legally and then getting down to business.
Effort should be put into preventing these sort of tragedies. Efforts like putting more effort into the Israel Palestine crisis, managing Iraq more effectively, stop being so patriachal and showing more respect to the citizens of the world.
Cute. So we need to solve all the worlds ills for them, while at the same time being less patriachal[sic]. How, exactly, are we supposed to quit treating you foreigners like babies while at the same time parenting you through your little crises? I'm not even going to ask how you would solve the specific crises you mentioned, because you have your head way too far up your ass for me to want to know what you think.
So, please, take your tourist dollars elsewhere--it'll lower the chances that I ever actually meet you (I live in a major tourist destination). If you want authorities or anyone else to respect you, you should quit being such a stupid motherfucker.
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Oh, wait. It's actually 288 sheks with the VAT. Can't forget that.
Anyhow, it's hardly free and hardly 1GB!
Cute response, but just because a service in another country is better than anything in the country that Canadians wannabe doesn't mean you can just write it off as "cute". That's like saying Microsoft Internet Explorer is "cute" because it kicked Netscape's ass.
Hahahahah. You're so funny. But if anyone is going to get some thunder these days, what about the US? If the way to get "one hell of a lot of thunder" is to piss off enough muslims, do you think that Israel, who has pissed off two million muslims, or the US, who has pissed off 25 million Iraqis plus countless Saudis and Iranians, is going to get thunder?
I know that's a big range, but there is a big range of opportunities out there. Don't get too hung up on entry-level pay, tho. Get some good experience at a place that'll look good on the 'ol resume. Make sure you make enough to cover your bills and so you can save a bit. After you've got 5 yrs exp or so, if you don't suck ass, you can pretty much find a position that pays 6 figs. That's been my experience, anyhow.
Yeah, the .com period is over, but if you are good, you are sought-after and compensated.
A) not wealthy
- Go to doctor
- Doctor prescribes open heart surgery
- Get on waiting list for open heart surgery
- ...
- die of a heart attack.
B) wealthy- Go to doctor
- Doctor prescribes open heart surgery
- Travel to Minnesota
- Obtain open heart surgery
- Pay for it out of your own pocket
- Return to Canada
Yeah, growing up in Minneapolis did wonders toward making me a staunch opponent of socialized healthcare.I think you're just used to the road-safety measures so you don't notice them. But the government is trying to keep our roads safe, too.
Don't you think it's a good idea to invest in airport security so we don't have a 9/11 every month?What the website operator should have done is either (preferrably) get a lawyer to write an off-the-shelf response, or craft one himself if he has the confidence. But, really, it's better to have a lawyer do it, since that is more likely to end the issue immediately.
Notice, I did not say "hire" a lawyer to craft the letter. Remember all the times you helped Uncle Ernie, Esq. with his computer problems? It's time to call in a favor. You did help him instead of telling him to go fsck off, didn't you?
That didn't take long. Don't forget to email the site administrator at webmaster@greenhorse.com to let him know about the issue. Might want to use a throwaway email account, tho.
Perhaps the problem with open source is the volume. There is just so much out there that it's hard to find the "nongeek-friendly" projects.
Now if I can only get her to quit forwarding me those retarded chain letters we'll be all set.
Sorry, I'm sure you've checked everything, but it just baffles me that Knopp wouldn't take. Knopp seems to detect everything.
That being said, give your parents/grandparents a Knoppix CD. Show 'em how to check email and download pr0n, and they should be all set.
Maybe your bank changed RTNs? I know when mine did it created a huge upheaval. Had to get new checks, change direct deposit, etc. No fun.
I've never heard of anyone yacking underwater. In a reg or out of a reg. Yeesh.
Eventually I had to lose the bitch for unrelated issues. But that seemed to fix the backseat driving.
That's why Coke and Pepsi have to add some minerals to Aquafina and Dasani (it is made by completely purifying ordinary tap water then adding a specific mineral blend to it... you didn't think it was spring water, did you?) :)
- apt-get install kde x-window-system
- Quit bitching about how hard it is to install things in Linux.
That's straight out of the Debian installation doc. RedHat and Slackware actually make it even easier (wish Deb would take the hint on that one). Contrast that with Win2K, which I couldn't even get to install on my home-built machine after any amount of tinkering. I was gonna make a dual-booter but I gave up in disgust and returned Windows to the store. Linux installed on the first try.I'm not sure what amazes me more: how hard it is to install Windows, or how many people actually think Linux is hard to install.
If you're happy with icewm, by all means have a blast with it. But I just thought I'd comment that your issues were probably not with KDE or Gnome (especially since you experienced crashes with both). ;) It was prolly flakey hardware or an old driver or something. Maybe your X config? I dunno. Without more info, it's hard to tell.
People also do not like spyware or viruses. I consider myself to be a careful and clueful Internet user, but I have actually managed to get Windows boxes infected with spyware probably two or three times (contrast that with my parents, whose machines I have to disinfect every time I am at their house). Apt and fakeroot keep me out of harm's way just fine in Linux and have never caught a virus or other malware in Linux.
As far as I can tell, the biggest problem with Linux is that it is too big and too hard to learn. Your comment about microwave ovens, etc. was dead on. Sure, I could throw Deb on my parents' machines and just let cron-apt keep their shit up to date, and they would be perfectly happy checking their email, using mozilla, using OO.o, etc.(my mom would miss snood, tho!) But what would happen if they bought a new printer? Or a scanner? Or a new computer?! They could never install those things themselves. Sure, I could do that stuff for them remotely, even, but I don't have to do that with their windows boxes.
I guess it's a chicken and egg problem. Hardware manufactures don't take Linux seriously because few people use it. And few people use it, because it's a bitch to get things set up (never mind that once things are set up, Linux is pure bliss). What I find kinda funny, however, is that if you take a raw PC with no OS on it, Linux is way easier to set up than Windows! But Windows just comes on the machine. That is what's got to change. If the major pc manufacturers decided to offer the same PCs with the same hardware and have Linux be an option instead of Windows (and charge less 'cuz no Microsoft tax), more people would elect Linux and more hardware manufacturers would take linux seriously.
Maybe this cheapie linux-based walmart pc will help. If so, that'd be great. But for now, I still think that even with Knoppix, et al, Linux is still too hard for your average Joe to use. I use it and I love it. But.. well.. yeah. My dad would hate it 'cuz all it would do for him is to run continuously without BSODing, which is not so useful.
iTunes is such a service and they will continue to do well. People value their time and will pay for quality and the piece of mind of knowing they're legit.
So, please, take your tourist dollars elsewhere--it'll lower the chances that I ever actually meet you (I live in a major tourist destination). If you want authorities or anyone else to respect you, you should quit being such a stupid motherfucker.