i'm not saying that you shouldn't buy a purple or blue or graphite & silver computer (whatever the case may be) - i was actually saying quite the contrary - beauty is in the eye of the beholder. the post i was replying to said referenced a mac as being "beautiful" like it was so much more elegant looking than what i was going to get. i was simply saying that you cannot argue that a computer is better because it's "beautiful" - or at least it seems silly to me.
I sat down with two pieces of paper and a pen. first i wrote down all of the facts, then i turned my music up loud so nothing else would interrupt me. as i went through the facts, i started linking things together, what is and what isn't possible. i remembered that there was a chart method to do it after i had completed it. would go down the list and write down, for instance: "blue house - doesn't drink water, milk or coffee, drinks tea or beer" and then determined it was tea. like i said, i got it done in 26 minutes, but i was working extra fast to beat the 1 hour "time to beat":) the second piece of paper i used to draw 5 boxes representing the houses, and when i was absolutely SURE of something (norwegian lives in the first house, etc.) wrote it down under the house. it was easier for me to put it all together like that. your mileage may vary. just my input for solving problems like this.
Answer to #1: 7 & 5. It can be solved quite easily by two equations: 1) x-1=y+1 and 2) x+1=2(y-1). Solve the first for x: x=y+2. Now plug into the second equation: y+2+1=2(y-1). Simplify: y+3=2y-2, which becomes y+5=2y. Easy to solve from there.
Answer to #2: You don't add it to find the total, you subtract it. 3*9=27, minus the two the bellboy stole = 25, which is the total for the room. That's how it works. I read carefully and got that, not too hard but it'll confuse most people.
I'd be curious to hear the answer to #3. I'd bet that you screwed up the wording somewhere because think of it like this: "if either one, or both, had mud on their foreheads, they should raise their hand." Boy #1 knows that both Boy #2 and Boy #3 have mud on their heads. He knows that Boy #2 knows that Boy #3 has mud on his head AND the condition of Boy #1's head. Boy #1 also knows that Boy #3 knows that Boy #2 has mud AND the state of Boy #1's head. Boy #1 raises his hand because both others have mud on their heads. Boy #2 raises his hand because Boy #3 has mud on his head, but what about Boy #1? "either one, or both..." Same deal with Boy #3. Switch around the numbers any way you like, none of them can know (just by pure logic) whether or not they mud on their head. Or at least that's my contention.
There exists a program called "GAIM" (homepage) that will allow you to chat on AOL's Instant Messenger network without needing to use Windows or Macintosh. You can also use AOL Quick Buddy (Click here to launch it). It's an applet but it does the trick and it's better than nothing.
As for other services, I just use ICQ. I generally use Licq (homepage), but there exist a number of other clients. I've found that I like Licq the best. Linuxberg (homepage) has a lot of chat programs as I recall.
got room for 1 gig of RAM. and beauty is in the eye of the beholder - my beige case looks just fine to me, but i'd never buy a purple or blue computer. just a matter of taste, so it's not really a valid argument.
I'm about to pay $490 for two Pentium III 450 MHz processors & a new dual motherboard (Tyan S1832DL). $200 for a 17" monitor, $30 total for mouse & keyboard, $40 for a full tower ATX case, $142 for a 14 gig IBM drive, $100 for my video, $80 for speakers & $20 for an SB16, $42 for a 40x cd-rom drive, $15 for a floppy drive, and $50 for an external 56k modem. that's $1209 total. i'm running a completely free operating system on it and free software, so no cost for that. i'm assembling it myself. $1499-1209=290. i don't expect it to take me more than 2 hours of work to assemble & install the operating sytem, which brings my labor costs to $145/hour. Is this what Apple's paying the people that assemble their machines? And I guarantee you their godlike G4 won't be as fast as my system. $1209. And this is not some low end Deceleron either...
When i can afford my G4 upgrade, my 7500 will be 6 years old. Try that with anyone else's hardware
could the problem be that Apple's stuff is so expensive, you can't afford a new computer and are forced to upgrade? it's my contention that a primary reason companies that make these upgrades exist is because Apple charges ridiculously high prices and no one *wants* to buy a new system if it's going to mean they have to take out a second mortgage on their home....
hehe. i don't like intel either. i'm all about amd. check out that k7, hmmmm? g4 my arse, athlon is what i'm talking about....we all know intel is corrupt anyway. hehe. now watch this get moderated to -1 in 10 minutes.
What a horrible business tactic. I think a lot of people are going to realize this flaw and just not bother upgrading. Sort of reminds me of their brilliant closed-architecture policy back in the 80's.....
gotta agree with you there. i'd like to see money dumped into r & d on new apps. give rhad labs a chance to really shine here. and i'm not sure how much it would benefit the linux community of red hat bought sco. in some aspects, it seems kind of silly.
The best MP3 production programs that I have found have been, sadly, only for Windows. However, with the quality & convenience of some of these programs, it's well worth having to reboot into Win9x.
For ripping from CD to.wav, I use Easy CD-DA Extractor 3 (homepage). Easy CD-DA uses CDDB, so you don't have to type in names of tracks. It also allows you to format the output names of the files you rip (for example, %a - %n would be Artist Name - Track Name). With a 32x CD-ROM, I regularly rip audio at 7x (at least).
For encoding MP3s for quality, I have found that Audioactive Production Studio (homepage) is hard to top. I usually make my MP3s at 160kbits/sec, and the difference in sound quality over 128kbits/sec with this program is incredible. Although it takes a while to encode (plan on encoding your files while you're sleeping), the sound quality is well worth it.
I hope this helps you find the software you're looking for.
"There is an unlimited number of original designs that eMachines could have created for their computers, but instead they chose to copy Apple's designs," said Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO.
What about the GUI & Mouse? Apple STOLE that idea from Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). Jobs himself was even quoted quoting Pablo Picasso - "Good artists copy. Great artists steal."
Seems a little hypocritical? I think Apple will lose this battle. You can't copyright the idea of a translucent case, the color blue, and an all-in-one computer. Apple is silly to think that they can. Even if it does look like the iMac, it doesn't look THAT much like the iMac. I can't see THAT many people being confused by it.
well, uhh, there is no 8 gig limit on ext2 fs partitions first off... also, on my PII 266 here it does take too much time to fsck my 10 gig/home partition, but it does not take at all near half a day... it takes 4 or 5 minutes.
I did say that he should have had a speedy trial, did I not?
Yes, I believe in constitutional rights, such as the pursuit of happiness. I believe this right is infringed on when I have to worry about people stealing credit card numbers or cracking their way into one of my computers. Of course people should have these rights.
Whether or not it was technically a crime when he committed it, that doesn't make it right. Stealing information with malicious intent. Yeah, let's applaud that. While we're at it, let's go ahead and exploit every other goddamn loophole in our intricate system of laws. Hey, since it's not *technically* illegal, it must be okay, right?
Mitnik was doing things that are against the law. He wasn't just "hacking" for knowledge and whatnot. He was doing things that are blatantly illegal. He deserves to serve jail time. Granted, he should have had a trial and probably should have been granted bail, but maybe even that isn't such a good idea because he was on the run from federal agents for about 2 years. So yeah, maybe banning him from using computers *is* a good idea.
it was actually less than $25,000, and most of it was on post-filming, such as editing and whatnot. they had to buy a gps unit, etc. food for all involved, etc. etc. $25,000 isn't a lot in the way of making a film. understand that most actors/actresses would have required more money than that to even consider being in a role that was as hard as this (they were actually put in the woods for 9 days/night and told to react to stimuli and given a basis of what they were to do, nothing more).
Correction noted. I thought the article on Knowledge Base stated that the problem was with NT also - however, this could be untrue. The article has since been removed so I couldn't check. Glad to have seen it though - Microsoft thinking that Windows 9x could be running for that long struck me as quite humorous:)
And by the way, I *am* quite sure that the problem is still in 98...I definitely remember that it said it was.
God, one has to wonder if they'll ever stop finding security holes in Linux Did you ever stop to think that maybe security holes are found because the source is open? Ever notice how fixes are posted rather quickly and even if they aren't, you can fix it yourself instead of waiting 8 months for a 16 meg download that fixes the problem.
Linux is a fucking joke, face reality folks, free software will always be second rate What operating system are you using? That awesome Windows95 that can't be running for more than a few weeks AT BEST without freezing or some integral part of the OS crashing? Oh no, you upgraded to Windows98, which "makes everything better"... yeah, Windows98 is better, but it still freezes every few days. By Microsoft's own admission (before the article was taken off their Knowledge Base), Windows NT and 9x can only be on for 49.7 days - max - before it will crash... of course, most people can't make NT or 9x run for more than a few days (I've maxed out at about 2 weeks - Windows98 - without crashing, and then it died a miserable death). Ah, yeah if you're not using them then maybe you've switched to BeOS. While a pretty good little operating system, it also is imperfect. It is not nearly as robust as Linux is, is underdeveloped, and is probably going to die out in a few years. If you're not using any of those, maybe you're running good old MacOS. Teriffic. Yeah, Macintosh is great, and Apple's processors are WAY fast... because they need that speed to make programs on the Macintosh seem comparable to those on other operating systems. The MacOS, while a nice thing to look at, isn't nearly as functional as it could be - it makes me reach for the mouse to complete the simplest of tasks, and operates so slowly it almost makes me want to cry. So what else are you running on your home machine? Maybe DOS. Okay, so it rarely crashes, has a good bit of programs for it, and is relatively easy to use. Does graphics great though. Really functional. True multitasking. GREAT network support. Yeah, I need to get back into DOS. Maybe you're using Solaris or one of the BSDs. That's all well and dandy. OpenBSD is incredibly secure and quite a good operating system. There are also tons of user programs out there for it. I could go on and on about operating systems, but I'm running out of time here...
Most people get 20x as much stuff done when there is a reason behind it - i.e., need to put food on the table etc. Linux is developed by people that strive for excellence because they do what they love doing. They feel a passion for making Linux the best that it can be. Microsoft's operating systems, as well as MacOS, etc., are created by people who are striving to impress their managers, get raises, etc. Quality is not priority in environments such as these...
College kids writing code in their free time will never be close to what software engineers getting paid to write stuff like Oracle, etc will How do you figure? Again, college kids writing the code in their free time are doing it out of a love for the operating system, not for money. I work better at home, where I am motivated solely by accomplishing excellence, than I do at school, where I am motived by earning good grades. At school, my goal is to impress teachers first and accomplish excellence second. I'm sure that's the way it is with most students.
The only problem I see with Linux now is that it's not as "user-friendly" as other operating systems. However, it is not meant to be. Linux was created for the true "hackers" (not the crackers that we're hearing about on the news lately) that are motivated by challenges. For me, learning Linux was fun because it was something new and because it was HARD. I wanted to be able to make it work, and so I myself worked harder to learn as much about it as possible so it would do whatever I wanted it to. So yes, it's not all that user friendly. However, this is being worked on as well . I recently upgraded to Red Hat Linux 6.0, and was definitely impressed with the progress that had been made. Users proficient in Windows would have no trouble installing it or using it. GNOME/Enlightenment make using and configuring Linux almost as easy as Windows. All accomplished by people who aren't being paid.
God, one has to wonder if they'll ever stop finding security holes in Linux Did you ever stop to think that maybe security holes are found because the source is open? Ever notice how fixes are posted rather quickly and even if they aren't, you can fix it yourself instead of waiting 8 months for a 16 meg download that fixes the problem.
Linux is a fucking joke, face reality folks, free software will always be second rate
What operating system are you using? That awesome Windows95 that can't be running for more than a few weeks AT BEST without freezing or some integral part of the OS crashing? Oh no, you upgraded to Windows98, which "makes everything better"... yeah, Windows98 is better, but it still freezes every few days. By Microsoft's own admission (before the article was taken off their Knowledge Base), Windows NT and 9x can only be on for 49.7 days - max - before it will crash... of course, most people can't make NT or 9x run for more than a few days (I've maxed out at about 2 weeks - Windows98 - without crashing, and then it died a miserable death).
pretty good reference, actually - porn sites get TONS of hits. just having the word "porn" on your website will probably triple the amount of visitors you get. not saying that FreeBSD is bad - it's incredible...but so is Linux...
>If it's so obvious why do I have to reboot my PC at work three times a day or face constant chunking or the BSOD?
because Microsloth turns out trash products so that in 3 years they can sell a *new* and *improved* and *insert random buzz word here* version that "fixes" all the bugs but leaves new ones. vicious circle.
microsoft's programmers are decent at the very least and incredibly talented at best. but the politics of the company are disgusting. i would be willing to bet money that programmers are forced to insert bugs in the pay products so that upgrades and new versions CAN be sold - it's not in microsoft's best interest to turn out a perfect product because they'd never sell the next version.
along comes the free product, internet explorer, and it's nearly perfect. why? to kill netscape. in this case, it IS in their best interest - they kill the competition now, and when they're the only vender around then they raise the price for their browser to $20. pretty sweet deal for them if you ask me...
BeOS is a good little operating system. It's relatively small, fast, supports other file systems, and pretty stable. I've been using it for about 6 months now and I'm impressed. It doesn't have the power of Linux, but it's a lot easier to set up and use. For those of you out there that are looking for something different, give it a shot - it's a pretty slick little piece of code. By the way, I also run Linux and Windows. I'd rate the stability of BeOS between Linux and Windows and multimedia performance right up there with Linux. BeOS is pretty dazzling for the small operating system that it is.
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i'm not saying that you shouldn't buy a purple or blue or graphite & silver computer (whatever the case may be) - i was actually saying quite the contrary - beauty is in the eye of the beholder. the post i was replying to said referenced a mac as being "beautiful" like it was so much more elegant looking than what i was going to get. i was simply saying that you cannot argue that a computer is better because it's "beautiful" - or at least it seems silly to me.
I sat down with two pieces of paper and a pen. first i wrote down all of the facts, then i turned my music up loud so nothing else would interrupt me. as i went through the facts, i started linking things together, what is and what isn't possible. i remembered that there was a chart method to do it after i had completed it. would go down the list and write down, for instance: "blue house - doesn't drink water, milk or coffee, drinks tea or beer" and then determined it was tea. like i said, i got it done in 26 minutes, but i was working extra fast to beat the 1 hour "time to beat" :) the second piece of paper i used to draw 5 boxes representing the houses, and when i was absolutely SURE of something (norwegian lives in the first house, etc.) wrote it down under the house. it was easier for me to put it all together like that. your mileage may vary. just my input for solving problems like this.
gives me one more reason to buy a $99 playstation :)
Answer to #1: 7 & 5. It can be solved quite easily by two equations: 1) x-1=y+1 and 2) x+1=2(y-1). Solve the first for x: x=y+2. Now plug into the second equation: y+2+1=2(y-1). Simplify: y+3=2y-2, which becomes y+5=2y. Easy to solve from there.
Answer to #2: You don't add it to find the total, you subtract it. 3*9=27, minus the two the bellboy stole = 25, which is the total for the room. That's how it works. I read carefully and got that, not too hard but it'll confuse most people.
I'd be curious to hear the answer to #3. I'd bet that you screwed up the wording somewhere because think of it like this: "if either one, or both, had mud on their foreheads, they should raise their hand." Boy #1 knows that both Boy #2 and Boy #3 have mud on their heads. He knows that Boy #2 knows that Boy #3 has mud on his head AND the condition of Boy #1's head. Boy #1 also knows that Boy #3 knows that Boy #2 has mud AND the state of Boy #1's head. Boy #1 raises his hand because both others have mud on their heads. Boy #2 raises his hand because Boy #3 has mud on his head, but what about Boy #1? "either one, or both..." Same deal with Boy #3. Switch around the numbers any way you like, none of them can know (just by pure logic) whether or not they mud on their head. Or at least that's my contention.
good god. alright i spent a total of 26 minutes on this and this is what i came up with.
going from left to right....
House #1
-Yellow
-Norwegian
-Dunhill
-Cat
-Water
House #2
-Blue
-Dane
-Blends
-Horse
-Tea
House #3 (center)
-Red
-Brit
-Pall Mall
-Bird
-Milk
House #4
-Green
-Berman
-Prince
-Fish
-Coffee
House #5
-White
-Swede
-BlueMaster
-Dog
-Beer
i went over it three times and everything works out. so the Berman has the fish. hope that's right.
As for other services, I just use ICQ. I generally use Licq (homepage), but there exist a number of other clients. I've found that I like Licq the best. Linuxberg (homepage) has a lot of chat programs as I recall.
Hope this helps.
got room for 1 gig of RAM. and beauty is in the eye of the beholder - my beige case looks just fine to me, but i'd never buy a purple or blue computer. just a matter of taste, so it's not really a valid argument.
I'm about to pay $490 for two Pentium III 450 MHz processors & a new dual motherboard (Tyan S1832DL). $200 for a 17" monitor, $30 total for mouse & keyboard, $40 for a full tower ATX case, $142 for a 14 gig IBM drive, $100 for my video, $80 for speakers & $20 for an SB16, $42 for a 40x cd-rom drive, $15 for a floppy drive, and $50 for an external 56k modem. that's $1209 total. i'm running a completely free operating system on it and free software, so no cost for that. i'm assembling it myself. $1499-1209=290. i don't expect it to take me more than 2 hours of work to assemble & install the operating sytem, which brings my labor costs to $145/hour. Is this what Apple's paying the people that assemble their machines? And I guarantee you their godlike G4 won't be as fast as my system. $1209. And this is not some low end Deceleron either...
could the problem be that Apple's stuff is so expensive, you can't afford a new computer and are forced to upgrade? it's my contention that a primary reason companies that make these upgrades exist is because Apple charges ridiculously high prices and no one *wants* to buy a new system if it's going to mean they have to take out a second mortgage on their home....
hehe. i don't like intel either. i'm all about amd. check out that k7, hmmmm? g4 my arse, athlon is what i'm talking about....we all know intel is corrupt anyway. hehe. now watch this get moderated to -1 in 10 minutes.
What a horrible business tactic. I think a lot of people are going to realize this flaw and just not bother upgrading. Sort of reminds me of their brilliant closed-architecture policy back in the 80's.....
gotta agree with you there. i'd like to see money dumped into r & d on new apps. give rhad labs a chance to really shine here. and i'm not sure how much it would benefit the linux community of red hat bought sco. in some aspects, it seems kind of silly.
For ripping from CD to .wav, I use Easy CD-DA Extractor 3 (homepage). Easy CD-DA uses CDDB, so you don't have to type in names of tracks. It also allows you to format the output names of the files you rip (for example, %a - %n would be Artist Name - Track Name). With a 32x CD-ROM, I regularly rip audio at 7x (at least).
For encoding MP3s for quality, I have found that Audioactive Production Studio (homepage) is hard to top. I usually make my MP3s at 160kbits/sec, and the difference in sound quality over 128kbits/sec with this program is incredible. Although it takes a while to encode (plan on encoding your files while you're sleeping), the sound quality is well worth it.
I hope this helps you find the software you're looking for.
So what if eMachines STOLE this idea?
"There is an unlimited number of original designs that eMachines could have created for their computers, but instead they chose to copy Apple's designs," said Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO.
What about the GUI & Mouse? Apple STOLE that idea from Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). Jobs himself was even quoted quoting Pablo Picasso - "Good artists copy. Great artists steal."
Seems a little hypocritical? I think Apple will lose this battle. You can't copyright the idea of a translucent case, the color blue, and an all-in-one computer. Apple is silly to think that they can. Even if it does look like the iMac, it doesn't look THAT much like the iMac. I can't see THAT many people being confused by it.
well, uhh, there is no 8 gig limit on ext2 fs partitions first off... also, on my PII 266 here it does take too much time to fsck my 10 gig /home partition, but it does not take at all near half a day... it takes 4 or 5 minutes.
I did say that he should have had a speedy trial, did I not?
Yes, I believe in constitutional rights, such as the pursuit of happiness. I believe this right is infringed on when I have to worry about people stealing credit card numbers or cracking their way into one of my computers. Of course people should have these rights.
Whether or not it was technically a crime when he committed it, that doesn't make it right. Stealing information with malicious intent. Yeah, let's applaud that. While we're at it, let's go ahead and exploit every other goddamn loophole in our intricate system of laws. Hey, since it's not *technically* illegal, it must be okay, right?
Mitnik was doing things that are against the law. He wasn't just "hacking" for knowledge and whatnot. He was doing things that are blatantly illegal. He deserves to serve jail time. Granted, he should have had a trial and probably should have been granted bail, but maybe even that isn't such a good idea because he was on the run from federal agents for about 2 years. So yeah, maybe banning him from using computers *is* a good idea.
it was actually less than $25,000, and most of it was on post-filming, such as editing and whatnot. they had to buy a gps unit, etc. food for all involved, etc. etc. $25,000 isn't a lot in the way of making a film. understand that most actors/actresses would have required more money than that to even consider being in a role that was as hard as this (they were actually put in the woods for 9 days/night and told to react to stimuli and given a basis of what they were to do, nothing more).
And by the way, I *am* quite sure that the problem is still in 98...I definitely remember that it said it was.
Did you ever stop to think that maybe security holes are found because the source is open? Ever notice how fixes are posted rather quickly and even if they aren't, you can fix it yourself instead of waiting 8 months for a 16 meg download that fixes the problem.
Linux is a fucking joke, face reality folks, free software will always be second rate
What operating system are you using? That awesome Windows95 that can't be running for more than a few weeks AT BEST without freezing or some integral part of the OS crashing? Oh no, you upgraded to Windows98, which "makes everything better"... yeah, Windows98 is better, but it still freezes every few days. By Microsoft's own admission (before the article was taken off their Knowledge Base), Windows NT and 9x can only be on for 49.7 days - max - before it will crash... of course, most people can't make NT or 9x run for more than a few days (I've maxed out at about 2 weeks - Windows98 - without crashing, and then it died a miserable death). Ah, yeah if you're not using them then maybe you've switched to BeOS. While a pretty good little operating system, it also is imperfect. It is not nearly as robust as Linux is, is underdeveloped, and is probably going to die out in a few years. If you're not using any of those, maybe you're running good old MacOS. Teriffic. Yeah, Macintosh is great, and Apple's processors are WAY fast... because they need that speed to make programs on the Macintosh seem comparable to those on other operating systems. The MacOS, while a nice thing to look at, isn't nearly as functional as it could be - it makes me reach for the mouse to complete the simplest of tasks, and operates so slowly it almost makes me want to cry. So what else are you running on your home machine? Maybe DOS. Okay, so it rarely crashes, has a good bit of programs for it, and is relatively easy to use. Does graphics great though. Really functional. True multitasking. GREAT network support. Yeah, I need to get back into DOS. Maybe you're using Solaris or one of the BSDs. That's all well and dandy. OpenBSD is incredibly secure and quite a good operating system. There are also tons of user programs out there for it. I could go on and on about operating systems, but I'm running out of time here...
Most people get 20x as much stuff done when there is a reason behind it - i.e., need to put food on the table etc.
Linux is developed by people that strive for excellence because they do what they love doing. They feel a passion for making Linux the best that it can be. Microsoft's operating systems, as well as MacOS, etc., are created by people who are striving to impress their managers, get raises, etc. Quality is not priority in environments such as these...
College kids writing code in their free time will never be close to what software engineers getting paid to write stuff like Oracle, etc will
How do you figure? Again, college kids writing the code in their free time are doing it out of a love for the operating system, not for money. I work better at home, where I am motivated solely by accomplishing excellence, than I do at school, where I am motived by earning good grades. At school, my goal is to impress teachers first and accomplish excellence second. I'm sure that's the way it is with most students.
The only problem I see with Linux now is that it's not as "user-friendly" as other operating systems. However, it is not meant to be. Linux was created for the true "hackers" (not the crackers that we're hearing about on the news lately) that are motivated by challenges. For me, learning Linux was fun because it was something new and because it was HARD. I wanted to be able to make it work, and so I myself worked harder to learn as much about it as possible so it would do whatever I wanted it to. So yes, it's not all that user friendly. However, this is being worked on as well . I recently upgraded to Red Hat Linux 6.0, and was definitely impressed with the progress that had been made. Users proficient in Windows would have no trouble installing it or using it. GNOME/Enlightenment make using and configuring Linux almost as easy as Windows. All accomplished by people who aren't being paid.
But yeah, you're right - Linux blows.
Did you ever stop to think that maybe security holes are found because the source is open? Ever notice how fixes are posted rather quickly and even if they aren't, you can fix it yourself instead of waiting 8 months for a 16 meg download that fixes the problem.
Linux is a fucking joke, face reality folks, free software will always be second rate
What operating system are you using? That awesome Windows95 that can't be running for more than a few weeks AT BEST without freezing or some integral part of the OS crashing? Oh no, you upgraded to Windows98, which "makes everything better"... yeah, Windows98 is better, but it still freezes every few days. By Microsoft's own admission (before the article was taken off their Knowledge Base), Windows NT and 9x can only be on for 49.7 days - max - before it will crash... of course, most people can't make NT or 9x run for more than a few days (I've maxed out at about 2 weeks - Windows98 - without crashing, and then it died a miserable death).
pretty good reference, actually - porn sites get TONS of hits. just having the word "porn" on your website will probably triple the amount of visitors you get. not saying that FreeBSD is bad - it's incredible...but so is Linux...
>If it's so obvious why do I have to reboot my PC at work three times a day or face constant chunking or the BSOD?
because Microsloth turns out trash products so that in 3 years they can sell a *new* and *improved* and *insert random buzz word here* version that "fixes" all the bugs but leaves new ones. vicious circle.
microsoft's programmers are decent at the very least and incredibly talented at best. but the politics of the company are disgusting. i would be willing to bet money that programmers are forced to insert bugs in the pay products so that upgrades and new versions CAN be sold - it's not in microsoft's best interest to turn out a perfect product because they'd never sell the next version.
along comes the free product, internet explorer, and it's nearly perfect. why? to kill netscape. in this case, it IS in their best interest - they kill the competition now, and when they're the only vender around then they raise the price for their browser to $20. pretty sweet deal for them if you ask me...
BeOS is a good little operating system. It's relatively small, fast, supports other file systems, and pretty stable. I've been using it for about 6 months now and I'm impressed. It doesn't have the power of Linux, but it's a lot easier to set up and use. For those of you out there that are looking for something different, give it a shot - it's a pretty slick little piece of code. By the way, I also run Linux and Windows. I'd rate the stability of BeOS between Linux and Windows and multimedia performance right up there with Linux. BeOS is pretty dazzling for the small operating system that it is.