Where or not $399 becomes _the_ pricepoint for people to start rushing in to buy Compaq's (isn't it HP already?) new toy, it all boils down to the utility of that toy.
Yes, it may be able to hold 400 songs. But if the RIAA has its way, it will make all the owners of the new toys PAY DEARLY for it - perhaps being tagged with labels like "pirates" or even worse, being charged in courts of "stealing intellectual properties".
It's us who have to be blamed, for we let scumbacks from RIAA and friends to RULE the world. We should have being pro-active, that is, even _before_ RIAA got its way, we should have make it IMPOSSIBLE for them to get their way through that stupid congress and the greedy son-of-the-bitch who lives in the White House.
I am on smallpipe connection to the Net (56K), so whenever I need to download megabyte-programs, I have to use the "download managers" to assist me in downloading.
In that way, if the connection is severed during the downloading, I don't lose everything. The "download manager" will save the portion that I've downloaded, and then will continue, from the point of the very last byte of the last download, on the next session.
I have tried to download Cinelerra from Sourceforge, [ http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/heroines/hvirtu al-1.0.0-1.i686.rpm ], using the "download manager", I get errors all the time.
This is what I get when I use the "download manager" trying to download cinilerra from Sourceforge -
People always tells me there "a number of office suites that run under Linux".
So I know there's openoffice, there's siag office, and some not-so-complete suites like "gnome office", or single-application thingies such as abiword.
So, exactly how many of the "complete suites" out there that runs under Linux ?
And if anyone is reading this so far, what's the other "office-related" applications that you know of, that may be not as famous as abiword or gnumerics, but still worth to be mentioned ?
Ever since I was a little boy, I kept trying to get my satellite to fly to the moon.
Everytime I throw the thing, everytime it falls down like a brick of lead.
Now I know.
What I need is an Atlas Rocket to get my stuffs "out there".
Where can I get one, may I ask ?
Because sometimes mirros don't have the file !
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I can understand the "if possible" clause.
Mirros sometimes don't have the file.
Living things are a PART of the Planet Earth !
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You sez:
"Actually we aren't killing the planet. The planet consist of non living materials such as rock and water.
Things like trees, animals, and humans are really just viral growths and are not "the planet" itself.
Mars has no trees or people and it's still a planet."
What are living things ? Where do they get their building materials from ?
From the "rocks and water" of planet Earth !
In other words, all the living things, the lifeforms on Earth, are a unseparatable part of planet Earth !
And if we kill the lifeforms, and the planet's ability to support any lifeforms forever, we have killed a part of the planet.
Yes, Mars is still a planet, but is it as WHOLE as it was before, when it had water, oceans, rivers, and perhaps, lifeforms ?
An empty cupboard is STILL a cupboard, but a cupboard filled with things is a much better cupboard than the empty one.
What we humans are doing to the planet is akin to making the cupboard a place that can no longer be used to store things.
So what's the use of a cupboard that can no longer store things ?
Yes, it's still a cupboard, but is it as "lively" as before ?
Believe it or not, we ARE killing the Earth !
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Perhaps you think my post was in jest, but believe it or not, we ARE killing the planet Earth.
The pollutions that we have done to Earth has causes many side effects, one of them, Global Warming, and that, in some sense, has expanded the volume of the AIR that surrounds the Earth.
The mass of the Earth is not just the mass of the Solids, but also the liquids, and the gasses, all combined.
Although we don't actually increases Earth's mass, the "bigger air ball" that surrounds the Earth has created more "drags", and that, in one way or another, has altered the orbit of planet Earth.
I know, I know, the alteration is really minute, but then, however minute the orbit is altered, it may bring unneccessary consequences to the Earth - not only ecologically, but also, astronomically.
So far, planet Earth is the only known planet in the Solar System that supports life, and the position of planet Earth is the KEY - it's not too far away, nor too near, the sun.
And if Earth's orbit gets altered more and more, it may shifted Earth's ability to support life.
Life itself is a phenomenon to planet Earth. We might argue that living things are kinda "parasites" to Earth, but for better or for worse, the "parasites" have made planet Earth a unique place in the Solar System, if not the whole universe.
If we humans continue do what we do, we may destroy all lifeforms, and not only that, we may destroy planet Earth beyond its capability to support life itself.
That, in other words, is the destruction of planet Earth.
There goes CNET, download.com, et cetera ...
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Wanna know what ziff davis comprises of ?
Go to http://www.com.com
Chicken little syndrome
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Or, in other words, sensationalization of facts.
We have to remember this, even if the asteroid hits planet Earth, the Earth itself will survive. The asteroid is not big enough to obliterate planet Earth.
Granted, the human race might perish, but so what ?
We, the humans, are killing the Earth anyway.
So if the asteroid hits Earth and all of us die, the Earth may have a second chance !
Sometimes we gotta look at the bright side, y'know ?:)
"I am a Malaysian Moslem, and I have not seen any case
where it's even mentioned that a Moslem hates Christians."
Now would you kindly tell all of us who murdered that Christian politician in Kulim, Kedah ?
Fellow Christians ?
Or the Moslems ?
You tell us how well the UMNO (Moslem) thugs are behaving, in the case of the abrupt stoppage of the building of a Catholic church in Selangor ?
You may NOT hate Christians, but many of your fellow Moslems do, including those who are studying in the local universities. Look how those "university students" are treating the "infidels".
Look more closely next time, and you will find them.
You sez:
"Look, if you live there and don't understand what Islam is all
about then shut you mouth, you appear pretty stupid and ignorant."
Oh, all the Christians in this god forsaken country know how "well" Islam is. We all know how "well" they have treated the infidels (non-Moslems), so well that they burn down churches, and stop the building of a Catholic church, in the _middle_ of the construction process.
We also know how much those Moslems "love" the Christians, so much that they kill a Christian politician in Kulim, Kedah !
And we understand fully why the Moslems are so concern about their "brothers" in Ambon, Indonesia - who, incidentally, commit murderous rampage against the Christians villages, - so much so that the main Moslem political party actually sent stuffs to "aid" their "suffering brothers". Among the "aid" they sent were guns and ammunitions.
We all know that.
Now, who is to shut up ? Who's stupid and ignorant ?
If you've been working here for 4 years and don't know anything, hey guy, have you check your head lately ?
"You are only stealing software because the law say so."
Semantically speaking, you are correct.
But let's go beyond semantic, and come to this real world we live in, shall we?
Do you see any samatarian lately ?
Do you see poor people getting really well fed, lately ?
What's the point for people going through rote training - for example, taking programming classes, and doing all-night-long hacking sessions - and producing softwares that work, if not because the resulting software brings the producer (author) some type of benefits - money, fame, or both ?
Yes, I am a supporter of Open Source software. I do contribute codes (not whole program, just fixes, and sometimes suggestions) when I find the time, or when I have the talent to do so.
But there _are_ commercial softwares out there that require people to pay for the use of the softwares.
Maybe the software prices are too exorbitants, but that doesn't reduce the fact that NOT EVERYTHING WE HAVE IN THIS WORLD ARE FREE !
If one wants to use a commercialware, one is required to pay for it. If one refuses to pay, one can A) Not using the commercialware, or B) Find an alternative to the commercialware.
Pirating commercialware is an act of USING the commercialware KNOWINGLY without paying for it.
Yes, it's the LAW that says pirating commercialware is an act of stealing. But if we go beyond the law, one who pirates the commercialware already BROKEN the agreement between the owner of the commercialware (the producer) and the user - the agreement whereby anyone who wants to use the comemrcialware must PAY for the use.
Just like I say, if you don't like the terms of the agreement, don't use the product.
Don't come back and tell the world about "it's the law" or "it's too expensive".
Nobody is forcing anyone to use commercialware.
If the commercialware is TOO EXPENSIVE, then you can try to search for open-source (and/or free) alternatives, or, you can write your own software(s) that do whatever the commercialware does.
I wonder if there's a encryption program that use multi-K bit key, such as 8192-bits or 64Kb ?
Many years ago I downloaded a PGP variant that accepts 8192 bit key. So far, I don't know if there's any GPG or PGP or whatever encryption program out there that capable of having more than 8192-bits key.
Stealing, in whatever form, for whatever reason, is STILL stealing.
What you are saying - "One of the main reasons is that commercial software is usually sold at the equivalent price of US dollars. This means that software is almost four times as expensive in Malaysia." - is just an excuse !
Nobody points a gun onto the user's head, threatening the user to use the software or they gonna pull the trigger.
The user, for whatever reason, if he or she decides to use the software, has to be RESPONSIBLE for his or her own action.
Don't tell me the user has NO CHOICE. There are always two choices -
1. If you refuse to pay the price, don't use it.
2. Look for alternatives - like open-source packages, or the user can write their own programs.
I've heard those cop-out excuses too often, and I'm really sick of it.
Tell you a secret, I do work in Malaysia, and I for one, will NEVER use pirated softwares. It's not that I'm rich or anything - if I'm rich, I won't be working in this god forsaken place - it's just a principle for me - stealing, by any other name, is STILL stealing.
And if I'm not mistaken, there's a "Thou shalt not steal" thing in the ten commandments.
But of course, you might not be a Christian, you might be a Moslem, who hates Christians. But no matter what religious belief you belong to, stealing is STILL stealing, even your Allah will tell you that stealing is STILL stealing.
You sez:
"... and your schools honestly do not have the money to pay for it..."
Alas, someone who never set foot on Malaysia has the impression that Malaysia's schools has no money.
On the contrary, the money for the schools are PLENTIFUL ! Just last week, there was a new "bill" authorizing RM 5 Billion (almost 1.3 Billion) for the schools' computer project alone.
And there were, and will be, lots of other "Billion RM bills" for the schools.
The only problem in Malaysia is, the money were squandered by the officials - in other word, massive and rampant corruptions.
If there's no corruption in Malaysia, there is NO NEED for any "Piracy is Okay for Educational Purpose" thing.
I hope the BSA in Malaysia will spearhead the anti-corruption move now, that one of Malaysia's cabinet member has given his go-ahead for software piracy.
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and if the Taiwanese are LOSING MONEY, then the Taiwanese are doing SOMETHING TERRIBLY WRONG !
I mean, we are not talking about making floppy disks here. These LCD babies are STILL expensive !
Where or not $399 becomes _the_ pricepoint for people to start rushing in to buy Compaq's (isn't it HP already?) new toy, it all boils down to the utility of that toy.
Yes, it may be able to hold 400 songs. But if the RIAA has its way, it will make all the owners of the new toys PAY DEARLY for it - perhaps being tagged with labels like "pirates" or even worse, being charged in courts of "stealing intellectual properties".
It's us who have to be blamed, for we let scumbacks from RIAA and friends to RULE the world. We should have being pro-active, that is, even _before_ RIAA got its way, we should have make it IMPOSSIBLE for them to get their way through that stupid congress and the greedy son-of-the-bitch who lives in the White House.
The thing is, if the applications are limited only to the web, the problem is still manageable.
But we are talking about 3D, where the are TONS and TONS of DIFFERENT USES.
One-size-fits-all approach isn't really going to work in this case.
This is the question I always want to ask
How to use Chinese characters on Linux system ?
On Windoze, there are several ways to achieve the goal. But on Linux, so far, it's kind of hard to do so.
So, anyone out there who know the answer ?
Please share !
I am on smallpipe connection to the Net (56K), so whenever I need to download megabyte-programs, I have to use the "download managers" to assist me in downloading.
In that way, if the connection is severed during the downloading, I don't lose everything. The "download manager" will save the portion that I've downloaded, and then will continue, from the point of the very last byte of the last download, on the next session.
I have tried to download Cinelerra from Sourceforge, [ http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/heroines/hvirt
This is what I get when I use the "download manager" trying to download cinilerra from Sourceforge -
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/heroines/hvirt
and instead of the 7 megabyte file, I got a 10K file.
Can anyone please tell me what to do ?
Thanks in advance !
People always tells me there "a number of office suites that run under Linux".
So I know there's openoffice, there's siag office, and some not-so-complete suites like "gnome office", or single-application thingies such as abiword.
So, exactly how many of the "complete suites" out there that runs under Linux ?
And if anyone is reading this so far, what's the other "office-related" applications that you know of, that may be not as famous as abiword or gnumerics, but still worth to be mentioned ?
Thanks for any and all your inputs.
Billy the Head Borg has finally shown his true face.
The Borg gives you a choice
Choose Billy and you will live, as a Borg.
Chose others and you will die, and reborn as a Borg.
Billy has already done his tricks with his Microserfs, now he is planning to do it to the rest of the world.
Where's the Star Trek crews when we need them ?
Here's where you go to download those golden oldies, including classic games
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Softwar
1. The conversion of mouse to paperweight.
2. The conversion of old computer to doorstop.
3. The conversion of mousepad to non-skid, multipurpose pad on top of dashboard.
Anymore suggestions ?
I know that 2.4.19 took more than 5 months to complete.
I also know that Marcelo intended 2.4.19 to be a fix-bug-only release.
So, exactly how many changes are there, as compared to 2.4.18 ?
Ever since I was a little boy, I kept trying to get my satellite to fly to the moon.
Everytime I throw the thing, everytime it falls down like a brick of lead.
Now I know.
What I need is an Atlas Rocket to get my stuffs "out there".
Where can I get one, may I ask ?
I can understand the "if possible" clause.
Mirros sometimes don't have the file.
You sez:
"Actually we aren't killing the planet. The planet consist of non living materials such as rock and water.
Things like trees, animals, and humans are really just viral growths and are not "the planet" itself.
Mars has no trees or people and it's still a planet."
What are living things ? Where do they get their building materials from ?
From the "rocks and water" of planet Earth !
In other words, all the living things, the lifeforms on Earth, are a unseparatable part of planet Earth !
And if we kill the lifeforms, and the planet's ability to support any lifeforms forever, we have killed a part of the planet.
Yes, Mars is still a planet, but is it as WHOLE as it was before, when it had water, oceans, rivers, and perhaps, lifeforms ?
An empty cupboard is STILL a cupboard, but a cupboard filled with things is a much better cupboard than the empty one.
What we humans are doing to the planet is akin to making the cupboard a place that can no longer be used to store things.
So what's the use of a cupboard that can no longer store things ?
Yes, it's still a cupboard, but is it as "lively" as before ?
Perhaps you think my post was in jest, but believe it or not, we ARE killing the planet Earth.
The pollutions that we have done to Earth has causes many side effects, one of them, Global Warming, and that, in some sense, has expanded the volume of the AIR that surrounds the Earth.
The mass of the Earth is not just the mass of the Solids, but also the liquids, and the gasses, all combined.
Although we don't actually increases Earth's mass, the "bigger air ball" that surrounds the Earth has created more "drags", and that, in one way or another, has altered the orbit of planet Earth.
I know, I know, the alteration is really minute, but then, however minute the orbit is altered, it may bring unneccessary consequences to the Earth - not only ecologically, but also, astronomically.
So far, planet Earth is the only known planet in the Solar System that supports life, and the position of planet Earth is the KEY - it's not too far away, nor too near, the sun.
And if Earth's orbit gets altered more and more, it may shifted Earth's ability to support life.
Life itself is a phenomenon to planet Earth. We might argue that living things are kinda "parasites" to Earth, but for better or for worse, the "parasites" have made planet Earth a unique place in the Solar System, if not the whole universe.
If we humans continue do what we do, we may destroy all lifeforms, and not only that, we may destroy planet Earth beyond its capability to support life itself.
That, in other words, is the destruction of planet Earth.
Wanna know what ziff davis comprises of ?
Go to http://www.com.com
Or, in other words, sensationalization of facts.
We have to remember this, even if the asteroid hits planet Earth, the Earth itself will survive. The asteroid is not big enough to obliterate planet Earth.
Granted, the human race might perish, but so what ?
We, the humans, are killing the Earth anyway.
So if the asteroid hits Earth and all of us die, the Earth may have a second chance !
Sometimes we gotta look at the bright side, y'know ?
You sez:
"I am a Malaysian Moslem, and I have not seen any case
where it's even mentioned that a Moslem hates Christians."
Now would you kindly tell all of us who murdered that Christian politician in Kulim, Kedah ?
Fellow Christians ?
Or the Moslems ?
You tell us how well the UMNO (Moslem) thugs are behaving, in the case of the abrupt stoppage of the building of a Catholic church in Selangor ?
You may NOT hate Christians, but many of your fellow Moslems do, including those who are studying in the local universities. Look how those "university students" are treating the "infidels".
Look more closely next time, and you will find them.
You sez:
"Look, if you live there and don't understand what Islam is all
about then shut you mouth, you appear pretty stupid and ignorant."
Oh, all the Christians in this god forsaken country know how "well" Islam is. We all know how "well" they have treated the infidels (non-Moslems), so well that they burn down churches, and stop the building of a Catholic church, in the _middle_ of the construction process.
We also know how much those Moslems "love" the Christians, so much that they kill a Christian politician in Kulim, Kedah !
And we understand fully why the Moslems are so concern about their "brothers" in Ambon, Indonesia - who, incidentally, commit murderous rampage against the Christians villages, - so much so that the main Moslem political party actually sent stuffs to "aid" their "suffering brothers". Among the "aid" they sent were guns and ammunitions.
We all know that.
Now, who is to shut up ? Who's stupid and ignorant ?
If you've been working here for 4 years and don't know anything, hey guy, have you check your head lately ?
You sez:
"You are only stealing software because the law say so."
Semantically speaking, you are correct.
But let's go beyond semantic, and come to this real world we live in, shall we?
Do you see any samatarian lately ?
Do you see poor people getting really well fed, lately ?
What's the point for people going through rote training - for example, taking programming classes, and doing all-night-long hacking sessions - and producing softwares that work, if not because the resulting software brings the producer (author) some type of benefits - money, fame, or both ?
Yes, I am a supporter of Open Source software. I do contribute codes (not whole program, just fixes, and sometimes suggestions) when I find the time, or when I have the talent to do so.
But there _are_ commercial softwares out there that require people to pay for the use of the softwares.
Maybe the software prices are too exorbitants, but that doesn't reduce the fact that NOT EVERYTHING WE HAVE IN THIS WORLD ARE FREE !
If one wants to use a commercialware, one is required to pay for it. If one refuses to pay, one can A) Not using the commercialware, or B) Find an alternative to the commercialware.
Pirating commercialware is an act of USING the commercialware KNOWINGLY without paying for it.
Yes, it's the LAW that says pirating commercialware is an act of stealing. But if we go beyond the law, one who pirates the commercialware already BROKEN the agreement between the owner of the commercialware (the producer) and the user - the agreement whereby anyone who wants to use the comemrcialware must PAY for the use.
Just like I say, if you don't like the terms of the agreement, don't use the product.
Don't come back and tell the world about "it's the law" or "it's too expensive".
Nobody is forcing anyone to use commercialware.
If the commercialware is TOO EXPENSIVE, then you can try to search for open-source (and/or free) alternatives, or, you can write your own software(s) that do whatever the commercialware does.
It's that simple.
I wonder if there's a encryption program that use multi-K bit key, such as 8192-bits or 64Kb ?
Many years ago I downloaded a PGP variant that accepts 8192 bit key. So far, I don't know if there's any GPG or PGP or whatever encryption program out there that capable of having more than 8192-bits key.
Any info ?
With so many VB "certified engineers" out there, someone ought to do something to depict how the VB codes function.
Or better yet, how about something for MS's "Visual Suite" ?
That ought to make Billy the boy a very happy man.
Many thanks !
Stealing, in whatever form, for whatever reason, is STILL stealing.
What you are saying - "One of the main reasons is that commercial software is usually sold at the equivalent price of US dollars. This means that software is almost four times as expensive in Malaysia." - is just an excuse !
Nobody points a gun onto the user's head, threatening the user to use the software or they gonna pull the trigger.
The user, for whatever reason, if he or she decides to use the software, has to be RESPONSIBLE for his or her own action.
Don't tell me the user has NO CHOICE. There are always two choices -
1. If you refuse to pay the price, don't use it.
2. Look for alternatives - like open-source packages, or the user can write their own programs.
I've heard those cop-out excuses too often, and I'm really sick of it.
Tell you a secret, I do work in Malaysia, and I for one, will NEVER use pirated softwares. It's not that I'm rich or anything - if I'm rich, I won't be working in this god forsaken place - it's just a principle for me - stealing, by any other name, is STILL stealing.
And if I'm not mistaken, there's a "Thou shalt not steal" thing in the ten commandments.
But of course, you might not be a Christian, you might be a Moslem, who hates Christians. But no matter what religious belief you belong to, stealing is STILL stealing, even your Allah will tell you that stealing is STILL stealing.
You sez:
"
Alas, someone who never set foot on Malaysia has the impression that Malaysia's schools has no money.
On the contrary, the money for the schools are PLENTIFUL ! Just last week, there was a new "bill" authorizing RM 5 Billion (almost 1.3 Billion) for the schools' computer project alone.
And there were, and will be, lots of other "Billion RM bills" for the schools.
The only problem in Malaysia is, the money were squandered by the officials - in other word, massive and rampant corruptions.
If there's no corruption in Malaysia, there is NO NEED for any "Piracy is Okay for Educational Purpose" thing.
I hope the BSA in Malaysia will spearhead the anti-corruption move now, that one of Malaysia's cabinet member has given his go-ahead for software piracy.