Because 15 year old kids are all about taking over Mars! That's nonsense; I was once a fifteen year old. All I cared about was getting the newest issue of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition (feat. Tyra Banks) or later on, Maxim. And some privacy.:)
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RPG's as a genre won't go away, I promise you. There are always MUDs (Multi-user dimension/dungeons) which people can play. Play is free and you make as many characters as you want. Runs on telnet, so you can do it from any OS. My personal favorite is Imperial, at telnet://imperial.modeemi.cs.tut.fi:6969. They also have a web page at that address, minus the port. It is supported by the goodwill of the founders. There are thousands more - www.mudconnector.com. Cheers!
I just got my linksys wpc11 wireless pc card working under Red Hat 7.3. The drivers are available at www.linux-wlan.com/. These drivers do not support Microsoft's new standard. This may leave many people out in the cold because most wireless cards sold today are based on the prism2/2.5/3 chipset.
Fireworks are illegal in North Carolina. When my dad was a teenager, he used to drive across the border to South Carolina, where they are legal, buy them, bring them back to his house, and set them off. What the recording industry is trying to do is to shut down that road that my dad drove on - or at least make them block off the exit that leads to the firework station. This is an untenable position for the record companies - if they succeed, then they will be setting a dangerous precedent.
I bought a Rio 500 several years back. I have been happy with it - it plays my music. Thought it only has 64Mb of on board flash memory, that is plenty - it is an hour's worth at 128kbps (I have found that I cannot really tell the difference between 128 and 160 or 192 while outside running, which tends to bring a lot of noise), and it is expandable via SmartMedia cards to 192Mb. The linux drivers are excellent and can be found at http://rio500.sourceforge.net. There is no GUI that I know of, but the command line interface is easy to use and powerful.
Interestingly, the linux drivers have functionality that the Windows drivers are missing:
First, I have found that the player actually supports bitmap fonts, and about 30 of them come with the linux drivers (of course, feel free to download more or make your own).
Secondly, it is possible to change the title display from the default filename.mp3 to Title - Artist, or indeed any other ID3 fields.
Finally, and most importantly, it is possible (only via the linux drivers, afaik) to send songs in both directions, i.e., send them to the player and get them back. This is really handy if your mp3 directory gets wiped, or you're at a friends house and he has some music you'd like. In fact, it is possible to use the player as a small portable HD - you can send it any file you want, sort of like the story a while back about the guy who walked into CompUSA and copied Office:Mac from a G4 using his iPod.
For these reasons, I believe the Rio 500 is a truly superb machine, and I would recommend it to anybody who can live with 64 Mb. Have fun jogging!
This would put the government at odds with its own policy, as well as make some big media companies really, really mad. The reality is that surfing the web now encompasses many more things than just vanilla html sites - and because of that, internet companies have found it easier to make money. Storing that history would now require much more space, and, due to the fact that most online businesses are now going for pay-per-use models instead of advertising-based, the government would end up storing a whole bunch of content that is, ironically enough, protected by copyright law. In effect, the government would be breaking the law - the copyright law that John Ashcroft & Co. are doing so much to proserve, protect, and extend.
If someone wants to accuse me of stealing it, show some evidence. I don't need a receipt to verify that I own the couch in my living room -- if someone thinks I stole it from my neighbor, fine, prove it. So, why on earth do I need a receipt for software?
You need a receipt for software and not shirts and couches because software is much easier (one could argue infinitely easier) to steal (copy) than tangible things, like shirts and couches.
Scenario:
A man is driving the family to a nice dinner in the minivan. He drives past a shady section of town. Suddenly, an advert for a nearby adult 'alternative lifestyle' gentlemen's club that he frequents comes on the speakers. It's even displayed on the navigation screen. At the very end, the announcer quickly says the terms and conditions, then says that the ad was chosen because of the number of times his car has been parked close to the store.
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Because 15 year old kids are all about taking over Mars! That's nonsense; I was once a fifteen year old. All I cared about was getting the newest issue of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition (feat. Tyra Banks) or later on, Maxim. And some privacy. :)
RPG's as a genre won't go away, I promise you. There are always MUDs (Multi-user dimension/dungeons) which people can play. Play is free and you make as many characters as you want. Runs on telnet, so you can do it from any OS. My personal favorite is Imperial, at telnet://imperial.modeemi.cs.tut.fi:6969. They also have a web page at that address, minus the port. It is supported by the goodwill of the founders. There are thousands more - www.mudconnector.com. Cheers!
I just got my linksys wpc11 wireless pc card working under Red Hat 7.3. The drivers are available at www.linux-wlan.com/. These drivers do not support Microsoft's new standard. This may leave many people out in the cold because most wireless cards sold today are based on the prism2/2.5/3 chipset.
Fireworks are illegal in North Carolina. When my dad was a teenager, he used to drive across the border to South Carolina, where they are legal, buy them, bring them back to his house, and set them off. What the recording industry is trying to do is to shut down that road that my dad drove on - or at least make them block off the exit that leads to the firework station. This is an untenable position for the record companies - if they succeed, then they will be setting a dangerous precedent.
I bought a Rio 500 several years back. I have been happy with it - it plays my music. Thought it only has 64Mb of on board flash memory, that is plenty - it is an hour's worth at 128kbps (I have found that I cannot really tell the difference between 128 and 160 or 192 while outside running, which tends to bring a lot of noise), and it is expandable via SmartMedia cards to 192Mb. The linux drivers are excellent and can be found at http://rio500.sourceforge.net. There is no GUI that I know of, but the command line interface is easy to use and powerful.
Interestingly, the linux drivers have functionality that the Windows drivers are missing:
First, I have found that the player actually supports bitmap fonts, and about 30 of them come with the linux drivers (of course, feel free to download more or make your own).
Secondly, it is possible to change the title display from the default filename.mp3 to Title - Artist, or indeed any other ID3 fields.
Finally, and most importantly, it is possible (only via the linux drivers, afaik) to send songs in both directions, i.e., send them to the player and get them back. This is really handy if your mp3 directory gets wiped, or you're at a friends house and he has some music you'd like. In fact, it is possible to use the player as a small portable HD - you can send it any file you want, sort of like the story a while back about the guy who walked into CompUSA and copied Office:Mac from a G4 using his iPod.
For these reasons, I believe the Rio 500 is a truly superb machine, and I would recommend it to anybody who can live with 64 Mb. Have fun jogging!
This would put the government at odds with its own policy, as well as make some big media companies really, really mad. The reality is that surfing the web now encompasses many more things than just vanilla html sites - and because of that, internet companies have found it easier to make money. Storing that history would now require much more space, and, due to the fact that most online businesses are now going for pay-per-use models instead of advertising-based, the government would end up storing a whole bunch of content that is, ironically enough, protected by copyright law. In effect, the government would be breaking the law - the copyright law that John Ashcroft & Co. are doing so much to proserve, protect, and extend.
You need a receipt for software and not shirts and couches because software is much easier (one could argue infinitely easier) to steal (copy) than tangible things, like shirts and couches.
use snail mail. as for what to mail - a toxic spider, for starters.
Scenario: A man is driving the family to a nice dinner in the minivan. He drives past a shady section of town. Suddenly, an advert for a nearby adult 'alternative lifestyle' gentlemen's club that he frequents comes on the speakers. It's even displayed on the navigation screen. At the very end, the announcer quickly says the terms and conditions, then says that the ad was chosen because of the number of times his car has been parked close to the store.
1. This operating system really is so ground breaking that MIT has been keeping it secret for 8 years?
2. MIT made the writer change the name of the operating system in his article? Change his own name? Change the name of the components?
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