Although... a steel drawer might wind up becoming an oven in which those CDs melt relatively easily. I would think that they'd be better storing ISOs and burning discs as needed. If redundancy is a requirement, just use two SANs and get a fiber link between home base and the offsite location, then have the remote SAN automatically sync the data all day.
Care to point out where I said that Bush did this? The DMCA passed during the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration simply added to it making it worse than it was for a start. Oh... but it's evil to talk badly about Bush, isn't it? Sorry I forgot, I need to rail on Clinton about this because even though his administration is no longer in office, it's still his fault. Ass. And you're dead wrong about the Bush admin siding with EFF.
I don't see what staging protests is going to do. If the people with lots of cash want FOSS made technically impossible to create in the U.S. they're going to get their way. The government (whether you like Bush or not) is extremely pro-business right now and for all the wrong reasons. It's one thing to make sure businesses operate fairly, it's another thing entirely to give them control of the law via lobbyists. This will likely happen here and we pro-FOSS people will have to do whatever it takes to get by. We're already "criminals" based on the DMCA if we're watching DVDs on our Linux boxes using Xine or MPlayer. That doesn't stop many of us anyway. Same thing applies to the development of new software. Hell, if we had to, we'd probably use pseudo code that gets sent and translated in a non-U.S. country to something that does work so it technically wasn't written here.
Hey Krusty... this ain't debate club here. It's Slashdot. Come for the articles, stay for the trolls. Now get with the program and grow a sense of humour.
Mods with a clue, please fix my original post. Anyone with half a brain can see it was a well calculated and timely joke. It makes light of the original poster's comment which didn't really contribute anything to the original topic. It makes a reference to the now defunct Umax Macintosh clones that you would very likely be aware of if you were born before 1990. It makes clever and believable reference to the Windows XP registration process. It takes a shot at some of the older software company practices of keying on the MAC address as copy protection (which was idiotic at the start and that was proven by the failures they had when users got new NICs). And finally it takes a potshot at lawyers in general who are to blame for most of the artificial restrictions holding us back from computer nirvana. Could you imagine what the computer industry would be like without artificial restrictions like DRM, copy protection and the like? As long as the people in the business were united not to make money, but to make the best goddamned software in the world, we'd have so much more functionality. Yeah... money is nice and all, but not when it gets in the way of progress.
Oh yeah? Well what the hell is this that I'm staring at? I bought a Umax Core Duo 7500 with Mac OS X from eBay just last week. It's a Mac clone from Umax in case you're wondering. It came with media that definitely has authentic CD Keys and you have to register within a 30 day period. There is also a note in the CD sleeve that says, "Non-transferrable. This CD Key is associated with the MAC address of the ethernet card in this machine. Any attempt to circumnavigate these features will result in sever action to the fullest extent of the law. - Apple Legal Team 2006" So I think you're all wet.
They want to buy the International Space Station and then claim it's a wise business decision? What idiot in management thought that up? If there's anything that wise decision makers know, it's that remote sites are VERY COSTLY. I'll bet some suit wants to take his wife up to the ISS and recreate that scene from Moonraker, to live out a childhood fantasy or something. God, the business world is despicable.
The fucking Generation Y-ers need a reality check. It's NOT your fucking network assholes. It's your employer's. And if they say you can't hit Fark during the day, then so be it. If you want that kind of access, then get a certification in networking and work your way up the ladder to being in the network group of your IT department. Then you can do whatever you want as long as you don't get caught. If you're the sort who didn't go into IT, then suck it up jackwad. And keep in mind it's a matter of compromise. You can either have the corner office in a skyscraper and controlled internet access, or you can have unrestricted access and live in the basement with the janitors. You can't have both if you don't work for a company that isn't in the technology business.
I agree to an extent. I definitely see that KDE is VERY integrated throughout. That's why it feels more "finished" than some of the other environments. But eyecandy seems to suffer. There's still way too much flat and solid color stuff in KDE. And anything that does have gradients or 3D look and feel is only at the most basic level. There isn't much photorealism in the GUI. That's a HUGE detriment if you are trying to attract the eyecandy crowd. Now... there are plenty of people who aren't in that crowd and we (the eyecandy folks) are a small group. I'm just not the kind who is satsfied with the limitations of a Mac or a Windows PC and I'm willing to go through the grief of installing e17 just to have a nice looking and easy to use system.
Bill O'Reilly really makes my blood boil. He's such a BIG FAT LIAR it's so sad! Now he's trying to do something to the patent system too! What's he gonna do, get the Fox security team on their cases?
1. Science Fiction is SUPPOSED to be escapist crap at worst and idealistic "what if" at best. And it should be set in a different time or a world where things are different. From my perspective Philip K. Dick is one of the best science fiction authors in the history of the known universe and no one can usurp him from that. I think Clarke, Asimov and Harrison are overrated bullshit artists.
2. I wasn't saying that killing key characters as a dramatic device was new. I was just saying that it's a stupid device since it's so ho-hum. The only notable exception is when it's used for humor where it has more impact since it's not taking itself seriously. The Bard using this technique, however, can be excused in the same way we can forgive people for thinking that blacks weren't human. He didn't know any better and back then it WAS kind of a new idea.
3. Just because it is either too sophisticated for, or just plain disagrees with, you is no reason to insult it. Hmmm... nice way to slip an insult in there when I really wasn't meaning to insult anyone. I'm what you call a mean old S.O.B. I like to say what I feel and I like to make sure I'm punching people in the head when I say it. But there's no offense meant. Sorry for the misunderstanding there. Keep in mind that some of us have mean spirited senses of humor. For an example of what I'm talking about, go here and click on the Media link. Then click on the audio link for "Underwear Goes Inside the Pants". Humor at it's finest in my opinion. (I'm also a fan of Maddox) While others might find it coarse, I think it's great. To each their own... Please try not to be so high and mighty next time.
4. I can't stand reality TV myself, I also like some Star Trek and detest others. I still think Sliders was way better than SG-1, but if we're being honest ALL TV science fiction sucks compared to what you get in books. For me the very best science fiction TV show is the old Doctor Who. So there ya go.
Or does anyone else find the pap that Jos Whedon writes to be juvenille? Everything about the shows he's done always seem to come from the perspective of some moronic teen who *thinks* he should have respect from others because of the awesome power he can wield or the incredibly knowledge he has. But in reality the kid is just a prick with an ego problem who is self-deprecating as a front to pretend he isn't a prick. I'm not talking about the characters in the shows themselves, but the mindset of the creator/author. The stupid affectation of taking your key characters and killing them off after something really good happens to them. Yeah, I had that idea when I was twelve and thought it would be awesome. Then I turned thirteen and realized how lame it was as a dramatic device. Better to go over the top and make it a humor device instead. There also seems to be somewhat of a libertarian bent (gag) in some of the programs. Pretty much an every man for himself style approach with the individual being celebrated for their striving and "great achievments" when in reality, you're talknig about sad, lonely people who don't relate well with others and are highly distrustful.
Sorry, but I never got into the show. It's too much action and not enough intellect for me. Give me the first two seasons of Sliders any day. At least there, the intellect was worshipped far more than fire power. Fire power is of little use when you're trapped inside a puzzle. And we are all trapped in that life IS a puzzle.
Because... some stupid fucking PHB somewhere heard that RFID is the "next big thing (TM)" and just had to have it before those damn Canadians do. I honestly think that's all it comes down to. Someone thinks RFID sounds cooler than 70s mag stripe technology. If you ask me it's fucking stupid. Of course what do I know, I hate the direction the United states has taken the past six years. I'm fucking trapped here though because I can't just afford to pick up and leave. Have to make the best of in these hard times.
The coders that went there have very likely seen some code that is currently "open" but will eventually be closed. And it's very likely it will influence the way they code on Firefox and Seamonkey. So I expect that a few years from now MS legal will come-a-callin' and do what SCO did only they will succeed because they have more money. Smart move there Einteins. This is why it is absolutely imperatif that no one in the FOSS camp ever agrees to look at code that is proprietary. As soon as you do, you're damaged goods.
Dammit that's what a lot of people just don't get. If you use the same joke in slightly different context over and over again it IS funny! I think it's just stupid people who don't get this. The only people who seem to get it are comedians and their fans. Like Saturday Night Live or Mad TV. Those shows are awesome! Especially when they have seasons where the same character does the same thing repeatedly in different contexts. Or in the U.K. there is a show called The Catherine Tate Show which is about the funniest show I've seen in my life! WOT ARE YOU LIKE!!!!? I'M NOT BOVVERED!!! Etc... The more intelligent people from the U.K. will know of what I speak.
Personally I prefer Enlightenment (e17) as nothing on the Windows or GNU/Linux platforms touches it in terms of smooth operation and beauty as well as lightness and simplicity with tons of complexity and flexibility. I spent the entire Winter using KDE 3.4 and it just never struck me as having any worthy eye candy that makes it much different from Windows XP. It has the same chunky/clunky icons, buttons and fonts that XP does. At least Gnome is a Mac OS (preX) wannabe with plenty of innovation (ie. lots of stuff it does in truly different and not readily apparent ways). But e17 really just kicks them all aside. It looks like Xgl and Compiss might give e17 a run for the money. But what they don't get that Raster does is the actual purpose behind the features. It's nice to have a 3D cube that you can rotate to move from one virtual desktop to another. But, besides making the virtual desktops readily apparent to stupid users who don't get them, how does it serve anyone? Raster's e17 does a nicer job with its pager. And wobbly windows? Come on! That's neither useful, nor attractive. With the power of Xgl and Compiss, they could do something way cooler... like MY idea from 1992 of closing a window and having it blow off the screen like wind blowing grains of sand off of a surface. Now THAT's at least visually interesting. (If you have the mind to picture it the right way) So... my Winter with KDE. I really only grew fond of one thing in KDE and that was the Konsole terminal app. That's the best written terminal emulator I've ever seen for any desktop environment ever. Tabs, multiple tab synced typing, etc... Just too cool. But that's it. KDM is kinda boring. The "Switch User" feature lacks the polish of Windows XP's, not to mention I've been using Ctrl-Alt-F7-F12 to do this at home for years now. Kontact is fucking ugly. Sorry, but if you need fonts that chunky, you need to go see an eye doctor. Uggh. Give me 10 or 12 point fonts on a 1600x1200 or 1920x1080 screen any day puleez! There is nothing that KDE does that Gnome can't do (and do with more style). And I'm not a fan of Gnome really other than it's much easier to customize than KDE. So I can at least set my systems up so they're easy enough for anyone to use. Can't really do that with KDE now can you...
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Hehehe... nice. I got more lines of text out of you than I hoped for. Guess that means I'm getting to you.
Although... a steel drawer might wind up becoming an oven in which those CDs melt relatively easily. I would think that they'd be better storing ISOs and burning discs as needed. If redundancy is a requirement, just use two SANs and get a fiber link between home base and the offsite location, then have the remote SAN automatically sync the data all day.
You confirm it. You're a loser. Can't even bother to log in to challenge me. Oh well, playing with ACs is fun either way.
Care to point out where I said that Bush did this? The DMCA passed during the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration simply added to it making it worse than it was for a start. Oh... but it's evil to talk badly about Bush, isn't it? Sorry I forgot, I need to rail on Clinton about this because even though his administration is no longer in office, it's still his fault. Ass. And you're dead wrong about the Bush admin siding with EFF.
I don't see what staging protests is going to do. If the people with lots of cash want FOSS made technically impossible to create in the U.S. they're going to get their way. The government (whether you like Bush or not) is extremely pro-business right now and for all the wrong reasons. It's one thing to make sure businesses operate fairly, it's another thing entirely to give them control of the law via lobbyists. This will likely happen here and we pro-FOSS people will have to do whatever it takes to get by. We're already "criminals" based on the DMCA if we're watching DVDs on our Linux boxes using Xine or MPlayer. That doesn't stop many of us anyway. Same thing applies to the development of new software. Hell, if we had to, we'd probably use pseudo code that gets sent and translated in a non-U.S. country to something that does work so it technically wasn't written here.
Cutter? Lonely? Nah... I just post the way I do to get people like you to respond the way you do. It's just so much fun.
Hey Krusty... this ain't debate club here. It's Slashdot. Come for the articles, stay for the trolls. Now get with the program and grow a sense of humour.
Mods with a clue, please fix my original post. Anyone with half a brain can see it was a well calculated and timely joke. It makes light of the original poster's comment which didn't really contribute anything to the original topic. It makes a reference to the now defunct Umax Macintosh clones that you would very likely be aware of if you were born before 1990. It makes clever and believable reference to the Windows XP registration process. It takes a shot at some of the older software company practices of keying on the MAC address as copy protection (which was idiotic at the start and that was proven by the failures they had when users got new NICs). And finally it takes a potshot at lawyers in general who are to blame for most of the artificial restrictions holding us back from computer nirvana. Could you imagine what the computer industry would be like without artificial restrictions like DRM, copy protection and the like? As long as the people in the business were united not to make money, but to make the best goddamned software in the world, we'd have so much more functionality. Yeah... money is nice and all, but not when it gets in the way of progress.
Hey... that's a class link to an awsome dance track and video (Borderline). If you aren't hip to the dance vibe, then shut the fuck up.
It's kinda slow... Especially since I've got Netscape open.
Oh yeah? Well what the hell is this that I'm staring at? I bought a Umax Core Duo 7500 with Mac OS X from eBay just last week. It's a Mac clone from Umax in case you're wondering. It came with media that definitely has authentic CD Keys and you have to register within a 30 day period. There is also a note in the CD sleeve that says, "Non-transferrable. This CD Key is associated with the MAC address of the ethernet card in this machine. Any attempt to circumnavigate these features will result in sever action to the fullest extent of the law. - Apple Legal Team 2006" So I think you're all wet.
They want to buy the International Space Station and then claim it's a wise business decision? What idiot in management thought that up? If there's anything that wise decision makers know, it's that remote sites are VERY COSTLY. I'll bet some suit wants to take his wife up to the ISS and recreate that scene from Moonraker, to live out a childhood fantasy or something. God, the business world is despicable.
The fucking Generation Y-ers need a reality check. It's NOT your fucking network assholes. It's your employer's. And if they say you can't hit Fark during the day, then so be it. If you want that kind of access, then get a certification in networking and work your way up the ladder to being in the network group of your IT department. Then you can do whatever you want as long as you don't get caught. If you're the sort who didn't go into IT, then suck it up jackwad. And keep in mind it's a matter of compromise. You can either have the corner office in a skyscraper and controlled internet access, or you can have unrestricted access and live in the basement with the janitors. You can't have both if you don't work for a company that isn't in the technology business.
I agree to an extent. I definitely see that KDE is VERY integrated throughout. That's why it feels more "finished" than some of the other environments. But eyecandy seems to suffer. There's still way too much flat and solid color stuff in KDE. And anything that does have gradients or 3D look and feel is only at the most basic level. There isn't much photorealism in the GUI. That's a HUGE detriment if you are trying to attract the eyecandy crowd. Now... there are plenty of people who aren't in that crowd and we (the eyecandy folks) are a small group. I'm just not the kind who is satsfied with the limitations of a Mac or a Windows PC and I'm willing to go through the grief of installing e17 just to have a nice looking and easy to use system.
Bill O'Reilly really makes my blood boil. He's such a BIG FAT LIAR it's so sad! Now he's trying to do something to the patent system too! What's he gonna do, get the Fox security team on their cases?
1. Science Fiction is SUPPOSED to be escapist crap at worst and idealistic "what if" at best. And it should be set in a different time or a world where things are different. From my perspective Philip K. Dick is one of the best science fiction authors in the history of the known universe and no one can usurp him from that. I think Clarke, Asimov and Harrison are overrated bullshit artists.
2. I wasn't saying that killing key characters as a dramatic device was new. I was just saying that it's a stupid device since it's so ho-hum. The only notable exception is when it's used for humor where it has more impact since it's not taking itself seriously. The Bard using this technique, however, can be excused in the same way we can forgive people for thinking that blacks weren't human. He didn't know any better and back then it WAS kind of a new idea.
3. Just because it is either too sophisticated for, or just plain disagrees with, you is no reason to insult it. Hmmm... nice way to slip an insult in there when I really wasn't meaning to insult anyone. I'm what you call a mean old S.O.B. I like to say what I feel and I like to make sure I'm punching people in the head when I say it. But there's no offense meant. Sorry for the misunderstanding there. Keep in mind that some of us have mean spirited senses of humor. For an example of what I'm talking about, go here and click on the Media link. Then click on the audio link for "Underwear Goes Inside the Pants". Humor at it's finest in my opinion. (I'm also a fan of Maddox) While others might find it coarse, I think it's great. To each their own... Please try not to be so high and mighty next time.
4. I can't stand reality TV myself, I also like some Star Trek and detest others. I still think Sliders was way better than SG-1, but if we're being honest ALL TV science fiction sucks compared to what you get in books. For me the very best science fiction TV show is the old Doctor Who. So there ya go.
Or does anyone else find the pap that Jos Whedon writes to be juvenille? Everything about the shows he's done always seem to come from the perspective of some moronic teen who *thinks* he should have respect from others because of the awesome power he can wield or the incredibly knowledge he has. But in reality the kid is just a prick with an ego problem who is self-deprecating as a front to pretend he isn't a prick. I'm not talking about the characters in the shows themselves, but the mindset of the creator/author. The stupid affectation of taking your key characters and killing them off after something really good happens to them. Yeah, I had that idea when I was twelve and thought it would be awesome. Then I turned thirteen and realized how lame it was as a dramatic device. Better to go over the top and make it a humor device instead. There also seems to be somewhat of a libertarian bent (gag) in some of the programs. Pretty much an every man for himself style approach with the individual being celebrated for their striving and "great achievments" when in reality, you're talknig about sad, lonely people who don't relate well with others and are highly distrustful.
Sorry, but I never got into the show. It's too much action and not enough intellect for me. Give me the first two seasons of Sliders any day. At least there, the intellect was worshipped far more than fire power. Fire power is of little use when you're trapped inside a puzzle. And we are all trapped in that life IS a puzzle.
Because... some stupid fucking PHB somewhere heard that RFID is the "next big thing (TM)" and just had to have it before those damn Canadians do. I honestly think that's all it comes down to. Someone thinks RFID sounds cooler than 70s mag stripe technology. If you ask me it's fucking stupid. Of course what do I know, I hate the direction the United states has taken the past six years. I'm fucking trapped here though because I can't just afford to pick up and leave. Have to make the best of in these hard times.
The coders that went there have very likely seen some code that is currently "open" but will eventually be closed. And it's very likely it will influence the way they code on Firefox and Seamonkey. So I expect that a few years from now MS legal will come-a-callin' and do what SCO did only they will succeed because they have more money. Smart move there Einteins. This is why it is absolutely imperatif that no one in the FOSS camp ever agrees to look at code that is proprietary. As soon as you do, you're damaged goods.
Dammit that's what a lot of people just don't get. If you use the same joke in slightly different context over and over again it IS funny! I think it's just stupid people who don't get this. The only people who seem to get it are comedians and their fans. Like Saturday Night Live or Mad TV. Those shows are awesome! Especially when they have seasons where the same character does the same thing repeatedly in different contexts. Or in the U.K. there is a show called The Catherine Tate Show which is about the funniest show I've seen in my life! WOT ARE YOU LIKE!!!!? I'M NOT BOVVERED!!! Etc... The more intelligent people from the U.K. will know of what I speak.
And you should quit hiding behind the AC label.
Personally I prefer Enlightenment (e17) as nothing on the Windows or GNU/Linux platforms touches it in terms of smooth operation and beauty as well as lightness and simplicity with tons of complexity and flexibility. I spent the entire Winter using KDE 3.4 and it just never struck me as having any worthy eye candy that makes it much different from Windows XP. It has the same chunky/clunky icons, buttons and fonts that XP does. At least Gnome is a Mac OS (preX) wannabe with plenty of innovation (ie. lots of stuff it does in truly different and not readily apparent ways). But e17 really just kicks them all aside. It looks like Xgl and Compiss might give e17 a run for the money. But what they don't get that Raster does is the actual purpose behind the features. It's nice to have a 3D cube that you can rotate to move from one virtual desktop to another. But, besides making the virtual desktops readily apparent to stupid users who don't get them, how does it serve anyone? Raster's e17 does a nicer job with its pager. And wobbly windows? Come on! That's neither useful, nor attractive. With the power of Xgl and Compiss, they could do something way cooler... like MY idea from 1992 of closing a window and having it blow off the screen like wind blowing grains of sand off of a surface. Now THAT's at least visually interesting. (If you have the mind to picture it the right way) So... my Winter with KDE. I really only grew fond of one thing in KDE and that was the Konsole terminal app. That's the best written terminal emulator I've ever seen for any desktop environment ever. Tabs, multiple tab synced typing, etc... Just too cool. But that's it. KDM is kinda boring. The "Switch User" feature lacks the polish of Windows XP's, not to mention I've been using Ctrl-Alt-F7-F12 to do this at home for years now. Kontact is fucking ugly. Sorry, but if you need fonts that chunky, you need to go see an eye doctor. Uggh. Give me 10 or 12 point fonts on a 1600x1200 or 1920x1080 screen any day puleez! There is nothing that KDE does that Gnome can't do (and do with more style). And I'm not a fan of Gnome really other than it's much easier to customize than KDE. So I can at least set my systems up so they're easy enough for anyone to use. Can't really do that with KDE now can you...
Oh! OH!!! OH!!!!! So Microsoft spell check is how you tell who and what is important huh?!! Look your own name up in it you fucking asshole! OH!!!
Shhh!! That's how most of us got through high school and college...