I only ask because it offers some of the same performance and reliability features of dialup: Dropouts, poor speed, and an inability to use all necessary ports. . .
Will the shortcuts on the left side (home, etc) be configurable? That would be one way to beat the crap out of Windows once again. On my one Windows box, I never put anything in My Documents, I keep it all elsewhere, ona FAT32 partition for dual-booting use. I'd LOVE configurable shortcuts.
Now this is a page the U.S. SHOULD take from Israel's playbook!
Not to the start a flamewar on the subject of Arab-Israeli relations, but just imagine the impact if the U.S. gov't did this! I'd start getting.sxc as attachments instead of.doc! Then, the economically challenged could buy a cheap PC, or get one used from a church or something, and immediately make it more useful!
While it is heartening to hear that you are Canadian, I take issue with your discounting of France's efforts in WWI and WWII.
As a historian with a great deal of time spent on the origins of WWI, I agree with your assessment of it as a clusterfuck. It had no business happening to begin with, and no country comes out blameless, to be sure.
As for WWII, yes, the Maginot line was stupid, and should have either blocked or included Belgium and the Netherlands, not ignored them. It left France as open as a default IIS install.
Nonetheless, the French resistance accomplished a great deal, both in terms of subverting Nazi military aims and contributing to the salvation of potential Holocaust victims. Yes, they got rolled and US/UK bailed them out, but to characterize them as cheese-eating surrender monkeys is ignorant and unfair.
For the record, I'm also not a huge De Gaulle fan, but that does not reflect on the totality of French culture and merit. It would be equally ignorant to say that all Germans are evil due to Hitler or that all Americans are gun-toting idjits because of W. De Gaulle hindered the Allies, yes. France did not.
Your attribution of great credit to Soviet Russia is dead-on. They sustained more casualties than everyone else.
As for Canada. ..let's see about 2004. I may be joining you.:)
Like many, it completely ignores the contributions of France, especially Lafayette, to the American Revolutionary war.
In addition, it ignores the fact that France almost single-handedly held off Germany in WWI until Britain finally decided to help, and then America, almost at the end.
It goes on to ignore the fact that France, while territorially raped by Germany in WWII, slowed the Wehrmacht down enought to allow the British and American industrial machines to spool up enough to stop Hitler.
Without France, the U.S. would either still be a British colony, or part of Greater Prussia. Please stop forgetting that simply because they had the balls to stand up for themselves.
I can relate to the guy above. I'm paying for 608/128, minding my own business, and then they tell me that in March, I'm getting pushed to 1.5/358, just like that, no choice in the matter, AND at NO CHARGE!
I am OUTRAGED! This, and they can't even be bothered to limit which ports I can use or tell me I can't run servers. ..assholes. ..:))
I agree with your assessment of Amiga being a predecessor to modern environments. Even with it's closed OS, it was still far more "Hackable" than anything else on the consumer market at the time. Add rock-solid applications, and you have a fantastic machine.
I still have all my old 720k Amiga floppies full of some of the greatest games. I've still never found an RTS with the gameplay of Air Support on ANY system.
Not to flame, but what exactly is your evidence for this? I work around, and I do mean work around, an os/390 system that causes almost as many problems as the Windows servers in our little farm. I also have a 2.4 kernel linux box that's been up since installation.
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No, I was thinking intelligent problem-solvers who embrace technologies of all types for the capabilities they provide.
And? Geeks are the same everywhere.
2 Gig of Cubans, and I'll try one of those custom hand-rolled jobs you got there. Yeah, the one with the pointy ends.
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I only ask because it offers some of the same performance and reliability features of dialup: Dropouts, poor speed, and an inability to use all necessary ports. . .
Oh. So they are. Thanks, I'm signifigantly 13373r on *nix than Windoze. . .;)
Will the shortcuts on the left side (home, etc) be configurable? That would be one way to beat the crap out of Windows once again. On my one Windows box, I never put anything in My Documents, I keep it all elsewhere, ona FAT32 partition for dual-booting use. I'd LOVE configurable shortcuts.
I mean, if it landed hard enough to make a crater, I'm sure it probably stopped working entirely! ;)
Not to the start a flamewar on the subject of Arab-Israeli relations, but just imagine the impact if the U.S. gov't did this! I'd start getting .sxc as attachments instead of .doc! Then, the economically challenged could buy a cheap PC, or get one used from a church or something, and immediately make it more useful!
How are silicone breast implants a food health issue? The women with them can't nurse, and beyond that. . .eew.
Oh, never mind. . .;)
As a historian with a great deal of time spent on the origins of WWI, I agree with your assessment of it as a clusterfuck. It had no business happening to begin with, and no country comes out blameless, to be sure.
As for WWII, yes, the Maginot line was stupid, and should have either blocked or included Belgium and the Netherlands, not ignored them. It left France as open as a default IIS install. Nonetheless, the French resistance accomplished a great deal, both in terms of subverting Nazi military aims and contributing to the salvation of potential Holocaust victims. Yes, they got rolled and US/UK bailed them out, but to characterize them as cheese-eating surrender monkeys is ignorant and unfair.
For the record, I'm also not a huge De Gaulle fan, but that does not reflect on the totality of French culture and merit. It would be equally ignorant to say that all Germans are evil due to Hitler or that all Americans are gun-toting idjits because of W. De Gaulle hindered the Allies, yes. France did not.
Your attribution of great credit to Soviet Russia is dead-on. They sustained more casualties than everyone else.
As for Canada. . .let's see about 2004. I may be joining you. :)
Like many, it completely ignores the contributions of France, especially Lafayette, to the American Revolutionary war.
In addition, it ignores the fact that France almost single-handedly held off Germany in WWI until Britain finally decided to help, and then America, almost at the end.
It goes on to ignore the fact that France, while territorially raped by Germany in WWII, slowed the Wehrmacht down enought to allow the British and American industrial machines to spool up enough to stop Hitler.
Without France, the U.S. would either still be a British colony, or part of Greater Prussia. Please stop forgetting that simply because they had the balls to stand up for themselves.
Seriously, sign me up.
I am OUTRAGED! This, and they can't even be bothered to limit which ports I can use or tell me I can't run servers. . .assholes. . .:))
Looks like he's studied How Not to Be Seen. :)
Gollum == Ring dude.
You were joking, I hope?
Since when has Bush NOT ignored the middle? Have you been paying attention at all?
It's a new target for a slow and painful /.ing! Granted, it's already graphics-heavy, but it's crawling like a stunned yak. . .
I still have all my old 720k Amiga floppies full of some of the greatest games. I've still never found an RTS with the gameplay of Air Support on ANY system.
I actually rather enjoyed it. A world with space elevators is a good thing, and I felt that it brought a certain closure to the series.
Not to flame, but what exactly is your evidence for this? I work around, and I do mean work around, an os/390 system that causes almost as many problems as the Windows servers in our little farm. I also have a 2.4 kernel linux box that's been up since installation.
Certainly not WINS. That was part of the joke. ;)See above comment on NetBuei, that one's gets the joke.