Its slick, pretty easy to install, and I don't have to fight Linux driver issues to get it running. It has a way to go before its as complete at Myth, but as it is, it works pretty well.
These were all over Spain when I was living there (3 years ago).
In one of the better television commercials, a couple is sitting in a smart car when Godzilla comes walking through the city. Godzilla's foot then comes crashing down on the Smart Car and nothing happens--it withstands Godzilla's weight.... Implying that this car is very safe (at least against large Japanese mutant monsters).
Well, the driver issue is a problem:
Get a TV-tuner card, a wireless adapter, an nvidia graphics card with tv-out, and a motherboard with integrated audio/network --- and show me a standard way to get all of these parts functioning perfectly on any of the major Linux distros.
Good luck getting it all to work on any distro.
Even if you do get it working, could your Grandma do it? Did you have to touch a config file?
Please mod this down!
It is not free--you have to pay for membership to a website that probably sells mp3s without artists' permissions.
The poster probably owns the website.
If that's slightly bigger than a PDA, then I guess PDAs have gotten alot bigger since the last time I checked into them.
This thing looks too big for a carry-it-everywhere device, but too small for anything more than basic functionality... so I guess I'm wondering, "What's the point?"
I find it interesting that someone sums up your views for you. Can't you make up your own mind about the film? Am I wrong in assuming that you haven't even SEEN the movie yet?
I have heard so many opinions from people who haven't seen the movie, but only regurgitate what they read about it. That's cowardice. If you don't want to support Michael Moore finacially, then.. fine... buy a ticket to "White Chicks" and sneak into Michael's movie and create an opinion of your own.
I bet Google steps in to make chat a better experience. They'll figure out a way to make it profitable without being annoying... while remaining open. (crosses fingers)
Or maybe I'm dreaming because I just got a gmail account and it *is* a better webmail experience.
Wow, you really mis-interpreted my original message... Interesting how my sentence can be taken another way.
What I meant was: I *want* to see (enjoy) this movie. I assume I'll like it, but will I have to hunt it down through some obscure anime fan site or will I be able to rent it at Blockbuster?
This is also a "great thing(c)" (as Martha would say) for Linux and open source in general. Eventually, BitTorrent or the like will be used for software repositories (ala apt-get or yum) as well as the current trend of ISOs.
Who knows... Sourceforge itself might start using this to save the massive amounts of bandwidth they need.
This word is becoming fairly common but can be confusing, as it has two meanings. It was coined in 1980 by the futurist Alvin Toffler--in his book The Third Wave--as a blend of producer and consumer. He used it to describe a possible future type of consumer who would become involved in the design and manufacture of products, so they could be made to individual specification. He argued that we would then no longer be a passive market upon which industry dumped consumer goods but a part of the creative process. Derrick de Kerckhove has called this mass customisation, in which everybody is in effect a member of a niche market, something Internet e-commerce is encouraging through cutting out the middleman between maker and buyer. This sense of prosumer has been taken up by some marketing people, but remains limited in its application.
The second usage describes a purchaser of technical equipment who wants to obtain goods of a better quality than consumer items, but can't afford professional items (older terms for goods of this intermediate quality are semi-professional and industrial quality). Here, the word is a blend of professional and consumer. Prosumers of this sort are famed for their enthusiasm for new products and their tolerance of flaws and, from the marketing point of view, have much in common with early adopters. This usage is common among those selling video equipment, digital cameras, and similar goods (and the examples below illustrate this sense). Some manufacturers treat the SOHO (Small Office, Home Office) market as being much the same thing.
What printed (not online) Linux magazines are the best for general information? General as in not desktop-specific, not server-specific, etc.
Yes, I've googled an found a bunch.
Any recommendations?
Slashdot Mirror
Its slick, pretty easy to install, and I don't have to fight Linux driver issues to get it running. It has a way to go before its as complete at Myth, but as it is, it works pretty well.
Somewhat off-topic tip: http://mediaportal.sf.net/ is a new, slick open source media center package.
Its not linux, but getting drivers to work in Windows is much easier.
Take a look, I've been using it for awhile and its quite nice.
These were all over Spain when I was living there (3 years ago).
In one of the better television commercials, a couple is sitting in a smart car when Godzilla comes walking through the city. Godzilla's foot then comes crashing down on the Smart Car and nothing happens--it withstands Godzilla's weight.... Implying that this car is very safe (at least against large Japanese mutant monsters).
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Well, the driver issue is a problem: Get a TV-tuner card, a wireless adapter, an nvidia graphics card with tv-out, and a motherboard with integrated audio/network --- and show me a standard way to get all of these parts functioning perfectly on any of the major Linux distros. Good luck getting it all to work on any distro. Even if you do get it working, could your Grandma do it? Did you have to touch a config file?
A standard way of:
1) Installing any App
2) Installing any Driver
Those are the only things that matter. The rest is preference.
With these two things, Linux use will skyrocket.
Why not use USB instead of firewire? Isn't USB2 faster?
Myth Looks great, but check out: GBPVR.com Its free (as in beer) and on Windows; but it was a SNAP to install and use.
Yeah, probably
damaging the industry
Music is art; industry is damaging music.
Should be dealt with accordingly
For whose benefit? The public? The music lover? The current near-monopoly music industry?
It's their duty to do that, for the preservation of the industry!
Sorry, fruit should be preserved, not industries.
Please mod this down! It is not free--you have to pay for membership to a website that probably sells mp3s without artists' permissions. The poster probably owns the website.
Well at last now they have plenty of capital to finish all of their damn beta offerings!
Ironically... since you are "renting it", if you lose the camera, they lose money.
he he.. this is fun:
Alberto: Lu si, Yu got sum spleningtudu.
Its sad. I speak Spanish, but I'm not a native speaker, so this damn program can pronounce better than I can!!!!
If that's slightly bigger than a PDA, then I guess PDAs have gotten alot bigger since the last time I checked into them.
This thing looks too big for a carry-it-everywhere device, but too small for anything more than basic functionality... so I guess I'm wondering, "What's the point?"
As long as they keep up the same high quality standards!
The more near-monopolies try to push out the small artists, the more small artists there will be to unite against them.
Its the same thing that happened to Microsoft... Microsoft's over-reaching control basically caused the Linux movement.
So hopefully, our culture will no longer be held hostage to these corporate giants.
Definitely worth a read for pilots or non-pilots. Very funny look at the old-school pilots of yesterday.
I find it interesting that someone sums up your views for you. Can't you make up your own mind about the film? Am I wrong in assuming that you haven't even SEEN the movie yet?
I have heard so many opinions from people who haven't seen the movie, but only regurgitate what they read about it. That's cowardice. If you don't want to support Michael Moore finacially, then.. fine... buy a ticket to "White Chicks" and sneak into Michael's movie and create an opinion of your own.
I bet Google steps in to make chat a better experience. They'll figure out a way to make it profitable without being annoying... while remaining open. (crosses fingers) Or maybe I'm dreaming because I just got a gmail account and it *is* a better webmail experience.
How can text be proven to be from the person said to have been typing? You can verify a person's voice or image, but can you verify typing??!
They can embrace it all that they want AND extend it... developers and end-users will win in the end when it comes to open source.
Wow, you really mis-interpreted my original message... Interesting how my sentence can be taken another way.
What I meant was: I *want* to see (enjoy) this movie. I assume I'll like it, but will I have to hunt it down through some obscure anime fan site or will I be able to rent it at Blockbuster?
What hope does this have for a U.S. release? Or, put another way, do I need to get into Anime to enjoy a movie like this?
This is also a "great thing(c)" (as Martha would say) for Linux and open source in general. Eventually, BitTorrent or the like will be used for software repositories (ala apt-get or yum) as well as the current trend of ISOs.
Who knows... Sourceforge itself might start using this to save the massive amounts of bandwidth they need.
From: Turns of Phrase
This word is becoming fairly common but can be confusing, as it has two meanings. It was coined in 1980 by the futurist Alvin Toffler--in his book The Third Wave--as a blend of producer and consumer. He used it to describe a possible future type of consumer who would become involved in the design and manufacture of products, so they could be made to individual specification. He argued that we would then no longer be a passive market upon which industry dumped consumer goods but a part of the creative process. Derrick de Kerckhove has called this mass customisation, in which everybody is in effect a member of a niche market, something Internet e-commerce is encouraging through cutting out the middleman between maker and buyer. This sense of prosumer has been taken up by some marketing people, but remains limited in its application.
The second usage describes a purchaser of technical equipment who wants to obtain goods of a better quality than consumer items, but can't afford professional items (older terms for goods of this intermediate quality are semi-professional and industrial quality). Here, the word is a blend of professional and consumer. Prosumers of this sort are famed for their enthusiasm for new products and their tolerance of flaws and, from the marketing point of view, have much in common with early adopters. This usage is common among those selling video equipment, digital cameras, and similar goods (and the examples below illustrate this sense). Some manufacturers treat the SOHO (Small Office, Home Office) market as being much the same thing.
What printed (not online) Linux magazines are the best for general information? General as in not desktop-specific, not server-specific, etc. Yes, I've googled an found a bunch. Any recommendations?