"Slashdot is trying to save bandwidth by not using lengthy sentences like "She charged that Johansen, popularly known as "DVD-Jon," made a Windows program called DeCSS that decrypts CSS codes and then makes a decrypted copy of the DVD". "
If they want to save bandwidth by filtering out useful information, they could always run-length encode it:
"Sure - you're a constant supporter of Microsoft. Others aren't."
Just to clarify: I'm not a supporter of MS. That would imply that I'm running around saying "MS is great". There is only one thing of MS that I'd call great: Their optical mouse.
I think the reason I come off as a 'supporter' of MS is that I'm not so quick to join in on the FUD campaign that/. constantly launches against MS. A supporter of MS would say "Drop Linux in favor of Windows". All I've said is: "Linux should be envious of Windows' end user experience." The difference is subtle, but it's there. I want Linux (more specifically KDE or Gnome) to be as easy to use as Windows is.
"Of course. This should all be rather obvious. I can't help but feel like I'm being baited for something.:) "
I'm not baiting you into anything. However, your concern isn't totally unfounded. I think you can tell there's an idea there that I didn't express. When I said "Given that it's Open Source...", I didn't fully articulate what was going on in my mind. (Sorry!) I'm not really familir with Open Source, and I'm even less familiar with the licensing of the visuals of that game. For example: Did their license of the code mean that they can only use the original artwork in the game? If I were to make my own rendition of a Melnorme, would I be violating Accolade's (err I may have the wrong company) copyrights on that creation?
I really should have thought more about that question before I submitted it, it mighta been interesting to discuss. I think the window for that opportunity closed, though. Heh.
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"Using crapola like "ur" and "2" and "4u" isn't called "internet shorthand". It's called "being a fucking illiterate".
That is all."
The nice thing about the English language is its flexbility. New words are introduced all the time. Give up that capability of our language, and you make English an extinct language.
I'd suggest you and everybody else be tolerant instead of acting like common use of a shorthand word will result in an embiggening of illteracy.
I wonder how many cool articles like this get pushed aside for the never ending anti-MS crap.
On a side note: Given that it's Open Source, I wonder if they'll accept mods to it? The CG FX in the 3DO version was excellent, but I'm curious what the modern generation of 3D artists today could do to update the artwork in it. As silly as it sounds, I know some peeps that'd probably jump at the chance to create their own 'art-pack' for that game.
"Lame - the guy used a 'phoneticism'. Plus, what is your definition of shorthand then? If '4u', 'ur', and '2' aren't a form of note taking shorthand then what is? For kids taking their GCSE's we teach them to do this - vital revision skills."
Wish I had a mod point for that comment. Best I can do is use my +2 to give it some visibility.
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""You have an O and a U key. USE THEM. Fucking IRC wanker."
Okay, I'll give it a go:
fUck yOu.:)
"
Hahahahahahahahhahah!! Shit dude, that was classic. I hate it when people get bitchy over occasional use of internet short-hand.
"Why would you do such a silly thing? You could just SSH into the machine and do it yourself. Remember, Linux is designed to be administered remotely."
And if it's a network problem, I do what then? Windows can be admininsterred remotely too, btw. Not gaining anything there, except that commands are clearly labeled and spelled right. Frankly, it's a lot easier to talk somebody into clicking icons in Windows than it is to make them type commands in a prompt window. I know this for a fact in that I talk people through troubleshooting stuff over the phone.
"Additionally, I'd say you're a bit of a strange case, using Windows as an artist. Most artists I know use Macs."
Most artists I know use Windows (2k and XP). It's not that Mac is more conducive to artwork, it's because Mac used to be the best platform to run Photoshop and Illustrator on. Not true anymore. Win/PC is the best platform for your buck right now when it comes to artwork. The Mac info was generally true like 5 years ago.
"He's currently happy using Debian, and likes using the GIMP better than he liked Photoshop."
That's good for him. I have tried Gimp, I found it to be a bit painful. To each is own.
In any case, I'm quite happy with Windows 2000. I'm not against switching to Linux really, but it doesn't buy me anything. As a matter of fact, I give up quite a bit with it. (Lightwave in particular) It has to be better in some way for me to switch.
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"Just a couple of points:
1.) You're an idiot.
2.) Now everyone knows it. "
I'm an idiot? At least I know how to log in.
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"There's also that big "X"-symbol at the side which might give you a hint..."
Just a couple of points:
1.) I have the images and stuff turned off. I'm sure other people do too. X doesn't show up on that preference.
2.) Not everybody knows what that X icon means either. It looks to me like the Xerox logo, heh.
Question: Did it update faster or anything like that?
What I find mind-boggling dumb about this article is that all it looks at is an early artistic look at Longhorn, not at what's really interesting about it. From what I've read, it's supposed to use hardware accelleration to paint the windows on the screen. I think that's damn cool because it means some of the overhead of drawing the interface on the screen can be offloaded, thus making it more responsive.
Did you have any luck like that? Is it implemented?
"They do run hotter, but so what? (and how else will I heat my server room in the wintertime?)"
So what?! I moved a couple of months ago, and they don't have AC here. Guess what? I've had to take my computer down a couple of times because the CPU overheated. Your 'so what?' means I don't have a reliable machine until I find a way to make it run cooler.
I'm kicking myself for not getting a P4. Lightwave runs better on it anyway.
"I get lots of code done on my linux box... perl/tk, my website, java, some C, etc... and on windows, I get just as much work done.... ut2003, battlefield 1942, neverwinter nights....hey wait a minute.... just a an fyi, not a troll.
my point is, for me, linux is both a tinkering system and a WORKstation... the windows partition is strictly for goofing off:) "
Are you implying that Windows isn't for 'work'? Sorry, I can't quite tell. Well in case you do mean that, hear my story:
I'm a 3D Artist. I do lots of 3D rendering using Lightwave. I do texture painting in Photoshop. I do compositing in After Effects. My computer is *constantly* busy. I'm running Windows 2000, and I don't have stability issues. (I wouldn't dare say that about Win 9X, at best I had 2 days uptime with any of those OS's.)
I get quite a bit of 'work' done, and Windows isn't standing in my way. I have not lost a single render due to Windows or LW instability.
Would Linux be just as stable? Sure. No doubt about it. The thing is, though, Windows is happily doing what I need it to. (And the games you mention are a big plus) If I'm to switch to Linux, it's going to have to be better than Windows, not just caught up.
It's funny really, this article is about supporting Windows. What about supporting Linux? I loathe the idea of telling my mom (who lives 3,000 miles alway) to open a 'shell window' and type in badly spelt commands in a case sensitive manner.
Anyway, rant rant rant. If Windows was such a 'toy OS', I wouldn't be able to depend on it. I know lots of people, all artists, that'll tell you the same thing.
"...which may be gaining the (initial) upper hand simply because they are not Microsoft. "
Err right. That might be true in the/. Community, but the reality is that the vast majority of people either really don't care. Outside of Slashot, the real world isn't exactly vindictive against MS. Not everybody's running around being masochistic just for the sake not using MS stuff. "I spent 3 weeks making my Linux box do whatever my Windows box was already doing!" Whatever.
The reason that Opera could be gaining ground is that they made a good product. That's it. Even in the mobile market. I got a chance to use a Zaurus running Opera, and found it to be a rather pleasant experience. It definitely kicked IE on PocketPC's butt.
However, I'm not exactly picketing Opera to make a PocketPC version. Why? I don't browse the web on my PocketPC. It's a horrible experience. Not because IE is bad (although it is, at least for browsing the web) but because the PDA doesn't give you the resolution and speed you need. It works great with Avantgo, though. No complaints there. With AvantGo, the pages are formatted to PocketPC. As long as I have AvantGo (even works wirelessly), then I don't care if it's Opera or IE, or even Mozilla.
Opera doesn't have a whole lot of chance of gaining ground until PDAs become capable of viewing entire web pages. I don't think that tech is very far away. LCD technology has gotten a lot better in the DPI realm. It won't be more than a year or two before those tiny devices can run at 480 by 640. When that happens, Opera suddenly becomes an interesting alternative.
It's a pity, really. I think Opera deserves more attention on/. than Mozilla as an MS browser alternative. Zealousy abounds I guess. I say that because the only ding I can see against Opera is that it's Ad-supported. I'd care except they show cartoons in that banner window. Heh.
I'm a Windows 2000 user. My computer is stable. It's easy to use maintain. It plays all my games. Well, long story short, I don't have any complaints about my computer. So why should I switch? Sounds like it'd painful for me to switch to Linux without a really compelling reason.
Frankly, the benefit I can see to me switching to Linux is that suddenly I'd be popular here on Slashdot. "hey look! I can use a real OS. After a steep learning curve, I can do what people are already doing in Windows! Woohoo! Down with MS!!"
Slashdot Mirror
"It [Mir] wasn't that impressive. When it crashed, it needed replacment."
It blue-skied.
"Slashdot is trying to save bandwidth by not using lengthy sentences like "She charged that Johansen, popularly known as "DVD-Jon," made a Windows program called DeCSS that decrypts CSS codes and then makes a decrypted copy of the DVD". "
n ," madeaWindowsprogramcalledDeCSSthatdecryptsCSScodes andthenmakesadecryptedcopyoftheDVD".
If they want to save bandwidth by filtering out useful information, they could always run-length encode it:
"ShechargedthatJohansen,popularlyknownas"DVD-Jo
I shaved off 25 bytes there. Heh.
"Sure - you're a constant supporter of Microsoft. Others aren't."
/. constantly launches against MS. A supporter of MS would say "Drop Linux in favor of Windows". All I've said is: "Linux should be envious of Windows' end user experience." The difference is subtle, but it's there. I want Linux (more specifically KDE or Gnome) to be as easy to use as Windows is.
:) "
Just to clarify: I'm not a supporter of MS. That would imply that I'm running around saying "MS is great". There is only one thing of MS that I'd call great: Their optical mouse.
I think the reason I come off as a 'supporter' of MS is that I'm not so quick to join in on the FUD campaign that
"Of course. This should all be rather obvious. I can't help but feel like I'm being baited for something.
I'm not baiting you into anything. However, your concern isn't totally unfounded. I think you can tell there's an idea there that I didn't express. When I said "Given that it's Open Source...", I didn't fully articulate what was going on in my mind. (Sorry!) I'm not really familir with Open Source, and I'm even less familiar with the licensing of the visuals of that game. For example: Did their license of the code mean that they can only use the original artwork in the game? If I were to make my own rendition of a Melnorme, would I be violating Accolade's (err I may have the wrong company) copyrights on that creation?
I really should have thought more about that question before I submitted it, it mighta been interesting to discuss. I think the window for that opportunity closed, though. Heh.
The nice thing about the English language is its flexbility. New words are introduced all the time. Give up that capability of our language, and you make English an extinct language.
I'd suggest you and everybody else be tolerant instead of acting like common use of a shorthand word will result in an embiggening of illteracy.
I wonder how many cool articles like this get pushed aside for the never ending anti-MS crap.
On a side note: Given that it's Open Source, I wonder if they'll accept mods to it? The CG FX in the 3DO version was excellent, but I'm curious what the modern generation of 3D artists today could do to update the artwork in it. As silly as it sounds, I know some peeps that'd probably jump at the chance to create their own 'art-pack' for that game.
"Lame - the guy used a 'phoneticism'. Plus, what is your definition of shorthand then? If '4u', 'ur', and '2' aren't a form of note taking shorthand then what is? For kids taking their GCSE's we teach them to do this - vital revision skills."
Wish I had a mod point for that comment. Best I can do is use my +2 to give it some visibility.
Hahahahahahahahhahah!! Shit dude, that was classic. I hate it when people get bitchy over occasional use of internet short-hand.
"Everytime Britanny hits a high note, the ftp connection to the warez site will drop. Oh wait, she can't hit high notes so I guess you're safe."
That's interesting: None of the guys she dates can hit the low notes.
"Why would you do such a silly thing? You could just SSH into the machine and do it yourself. Remember, Linux is designed to be administered remotely."
And if it's a network problem, I do what then? Windows can be admininsterred remotely too, btw. Not gaining anything there, except that commands are clearly labeled and spelled right. Frankly, it's a lot easier to talk somebody into clicking icons in Windows than it is to make them type commands in a prompt window. I know this for a fact in that I talk people through troubleshooting stuff over the phone.
"Additionally, I'd say you're a bit of a strange case, using Windows as an artist. Most artists I know use Macs."
Most artists I know use Windows (2k and XP). It's not that Mac is more conducive to artwork, it's because Mac used to be the best platform to run Photoshop and Illustrator on. Not true anymore. Win/PC is the best platform for your buck right now when it comes to artwork. The Mac info was generally true like 5 years ago.
"He's currently happy using Debian, and likes using the GIMP better than he liked Photoshop."
That's good for him. I have tried Gimp, I found it to be a bit painful. To each is own.
In any case, I'm quite happy with Windows 2000. I'm not against switching to Linux really, but it doesn't buy me anything. As a matter of fact, I give up quite a bit with it. (Lightwave in particular) It has to be better in some way for me to switch.
"Just a couple of points:
1.) You're an idiot.
2.) Now everyone knows it. "
I'm an idiot? At least I know how to log in.
"There's also that big "X"-symbol at the side which might give you a hint..."
Just a couple of points:
1.) I have the images and stuff turned off. I'm sure other people do too. X doesn't show up on that preference.
2.) Not everybody knows what that X icon means either. It looks to me like the Xerox logo, heh.
"Other than that, it's just plain ole win xp."
Question: Did it update faster or anything like that?
What I find mind-boggling dumb about this article is that all it looks at is an early artistic look at Longhorn, not at what's really interesting about it. From what I've read, it's supposed to use hardware accelleration to paint the windows on the screen. I think that's damn cool because it means some of the overhead of drawing the interface on the screen can be offloaded, thus making it more responsive.
Did you have any luck like that? Is it implemented?
"They do run hotter, but so what? (and how else will I heat my server room in the wintertime?)"
So what?! I moved a couple of months ago, and they don't have AC here. Guess what? I've had to take my computer down a couple of times because the CPU overheated. Your 'so what?' means I don't have a reliable machine until I find a way to make it run cooler.
I'm kicking myself for not getting a P4. Lightwave runs better on it anyway.
"I get lots of code done on my linux box... perl/tk, my website, java, some C, etc...
and on windows, I get just as much work done....
ut2003, battlefield 1942, neverwinter nights....hey wait a minute....
just a an fyi, not a troll.
my point is, for me, linux is both a tinkering system and a WORKstation... the windows partition is strictly for goofing off:) "
Are you implying that Windows isn't for 'work'? Sorry, I can't quite tell. Well in case you do mean that, hear my story:
I'm a 3D Artist. I do lots of 3D rendering using Lightwave. I do texture painting in Photoshop. I do compositing in After Effects. My computer is *constantly* busy. I'm running Windows 2000, and I don't have stability issues. (I wouldn't dare say that about Win 9X, at best I had 2 days uptime with any of those OS's.)
I get quite a bit of 'work' done, and Windows isn't standing in my way. I have not lost a single render due to Windows or LW instability.
Would Linux be just as stable? Sure. No doubt about it. The thing is, though, Windows is happily doing what I need it to. (And the games you mention are a big plus) If I'm to switch to Linux, it's going to have to be better than Windows, not just caught up.
It's funny really, this article is about supporting Windows. What about supporting Linux? I loathe the idea of telling my mom (who lives 3,000 miles alway) to open a 'shell window' and type in badly spelt commands in a case sensitive manner.
Anyway, rant rant rant. If Windows was such a 'toy OS', I wouldn't be able to depend on it. I know lots of people, all artists, that'll tell you the same thing.
"Quark Matter Blamed for Paired 1993 Seismic Events"
Quark visited Earth in the 40's, not the 90's. There's no way he altered history in such a way that it'd cause seismic events 50 years later!
It's a good thing I watch a lot of TV, I could have wasted time reading that stupid article.
"Over the years, my computer use has de-evolved to programming, FTP, email (Mozilla), word processing (OpenOffice) and Ricochet."
I'd say this guy found the magic combination of words to get his article posted on Slashdot. Heh.
"If I can find a machine to wash my dishes AND clothing, I'd say that'd be pretty cool! "
Get a wife.
(I hope you're all happy, that comment cost me an expensive dinner.)
"We believe we have certain rights as a corporation to use this information..."
Yep, they do have rights. For example, they have the right to remain silent.
It wasn't incomplete. What happened was it had brackets, so it didn't render.
I've done that a coupla times. heh. You have to use a special tag to show XML-esque code.
If it makes you feel any better, I meta-moderated your post. I don't think the redundant mod was fair.
"...which may be gaining the (initial) upper hand simply because they are not Microsoft. "
/. Community, but the reality is that the vast majority of people either really don't care. Outside of Slashot, the real world isn't exactly vindictive against MS. Not everybody's running around being masochistic just for the sake not using MS stuff. "I spent 3 weeks making my Linux box do whatever my Windows box was already doing!" Whatever.
/. than Mozilla as an MS browser alternative. Zealousy abounds I guess. I say that because the only ding I can see against Opera is that it's Ad-supported. I'd care except they show cartoons in that banner window. Heh.
Err right. That might be true in the
The reason that Opera could be gaining ground is that they made a good product. That's it. Even in the mobile market. I got a chance to use a Zaurus running Opera, and found it to be a rather pleasant experience. It definitely kicked IE on PocketPC's butt.
However, I'm not exactly picketing Opera to make a PocketPC version. Why? I don't browse the web on my PocketPC. It's a horrible experience. Not because IE is bad (although it is, at least for browsing the web) but because the PDA doesn't give you the resolution and speed you need. It works great with Avantgo, though. No complaints there. With AvantGo, the pages are formatted to PocketPC. As long as I have AvantGo (even works wirelessly), then I don't care if it's Opera or IE, or even Mozilla.
Opera doesn't have a whole lot of chance of gaining ground until PDAs become capable of viewing entire web pages. I don't think that tech is very far away. LCD technology has gotten a lot better in the DPI realm. It won't be more than a year or two before those tiny devices can run at 480 by 640. When that happens, Opera suddenly becomes an interesting alternative.
It's a pity, really. I think Opera deserves more attention on
"You do of course understand that the parent poster was well aware of that, which is why the joke was funny. Don't you? It's called a joke. "
Heh perhaps he didn't watch that episode where Data learned the human value known as 'humor'.
I'm a Windows 2000 user. My computer is stable. It's easy to use maintain. It plays all my games. Well, long story short, I don't have any complaints about my computer. So why should I switch? Sounds like it'd painful for me to switch to Linux without a really compelling reason.
Frankly, the benefit I can see to me switching to Linux is that suddenly I'd be popular here on Slashdot. "hey look! I can use a real OS. After a steep learning curve, I can do what people are already doing in Windows! Woohoo! Down with MS!!"
"Oh come on guys, it's a joke. Laugh. "
... Outlook! Heh.
It's a lot funnier when you look at the Outlook-esque interface of Evolution and then compare it to
"Oddly, the reply [cctec.com] to the NANOG post [cctec.com] about the change encourages..."
Heh, wanna know what's funny? When you said "NANOG", I thought you were referring to me!