I haven't looked at slapt-get yet, but swaret is great, and the dropline installer gives you the most kickass Gnome desktop available. (Although, at the moment I'm experimenting with a combination of the development version of Fluxbox and the ROX file manager.)
I also recommend giving the Slackware Live CD a go. Hmm, it appears to have been renamed SLAX. It's my rescue/utility CD of choice, primarily because it fits on a mini (185MB) CD-R. It's a nice balance somewhere between tomsrtbt and Knoppix
Bishi Bashi Special and Rocky Hopper (I could only find a review of Rocky Hopper 2, but it's pretty much the same thing). Excellent fun when you got a room full of drunken friends.
I was actually trying to explain hyperthreading to someone today. I got about three minutes into the discussion and realised that I had absolutely no idea what I was talking about.
The discussion arose because we were talking about stupid salesmen. I saw a salesman in a shop the other week, trying to explain hyperthreading to a lady with a glazed expression on her face.
He was saying that hyperthreading makes it easier to use two monitors on your PC.
See, it is people like you who make "Ask Slashdot" suck. The guy asks a lame question, and (assuming your answer is correct), he immediately gets a great answer. This kind of positive reinforcement is only going to result in even more lame postings.
I whole heartedly apologise for ruining your coffee break, and quite possibly, your entire month.
"Apple Ethernet LC driver file version 1.0.1
This driver file contains drivers for all Apple LC PDS ethernet cards and is installed in the extensions folder."
That was, like, two minutes work on Google. What gives?
My wife was looking at me with a mixture of confusion and distain when she saw me with my face up against my monitor, looking cross-eyed at grainy pictures of rocks.
But hey, this is cool. It's almost like looking at REAL rocks!
Knoppix is great like that. Once you've booted from the cd, you can run a program to install it to the hard drive and you end up with a nice Debian based system with everything preconfigured and sorted out.
The best thing is that, because it installs straight from the Knoppix desktop, you can chat, play games and read web pages while it gets on with it.:)
Absolutely fantastic for those who are new to *nix because it gives them a chance to get used to the desktop and the apps before digging deeper and learning more about the system, which they can do whenever they're ready.
Well, apparently my sarcasm was just lost... sorry.
Ah, sorry, it's late here;)
Yes, I can see now how mental institutions could run to much higher costs.
Also, how would the potentially dangerous be detected before they commit a crime, without some kind of mass public screening? I can't see that being too popular either.
I suppose our current systems are the best, or at least most feasable, we have.
Yeah, I understand that the commment was made tongue in cheek, as in "if you're going to ban video games, ban everything". But I've heard comments like the one in the article said in all seriousness many times, and it makes my blood boil.:)
we can't remove the weapons from that, that'd be violating the second ammendment
I was speaking generally rather than focusing on the US. The second ammendment has no influence in my country, so owning weapons is quite rightly illegal. I see this as a very good thing. I'm very glad I don't live in a country where any maniac can own a gun.
I also can't see how a state run mental institution would cost much more than a state run prison*. Surely diagnosis, cure, and rehabilitation makes more sense than inprisonment after a terrible crime has been committed.
* pure conjecture. I have no idea of the figures;)
obviously the crazy people won't figure out how to use the guns/firebombs/whatever without some kind of example
You have a point there, but you have to wonder. Someone who is unstable enough to make the life altering decision to hurt people or blow something up based on a video game (or movie, book, webpage) is going to crack sooner or later and do something terrible anyway. Removing the stimulus is just treating the symptoms.
arguing, devil's advocate style, that the Bible, Mein Kampf and Das Kapital have caused millions of deaths
The Bible doesn't cause millions of deaths, religious fanatics do.
Mein Kampf doesn't cause millions of deaths, Nazis do.
Das Kapital doesn't cause millions of deaths, armed dictators do.
It's always the same story. You have a dangerously insane person, weapons, and a violent or provocative book, movie, or video game. Which is it that the authorities always try to remove from society?
I used to play this game so much back in the 80's. The cassette never left the tape drive of my Amstrad CPC 464. Well, it was either that or Elite.
I specifically remember that the "Prince Charles" piece that this guy is on about was supposed to be some kind of robot/vampire I think, and didn't look much like Prince Charles at all. I can imagine Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond would be shaking their heads in bafflement over that whole article.
I think someone needs to remind this guy that the shiny side of the foil goes on the outside.
Right, those screenshots have made me want to go and fire up my 464 emulator.
Slashdot Mirror
Just tell them you've got 2.6 up and running. Their knickers fall off.
Just correcting my spelling before some other Nazi does.
MENTAL NOTE: Use Preview button.
This one's been doing the rounds for ages. I've no idea where I first heard it.
~ring ring~
JH: Hello, your Majesty, it's John Howard, Prime Mister of Australia. I've been giving it some thought, and I'd like to declare Australia an Empire.
HRH: Mr Howard, you are not an Emperor.
JH: Err, OK then, how about we call it a Kingdom?
HRH: Mr Howard, you are not a King.
JH: Hmmm, well, would it be alright to declare Australia as a Principality?
HRH: Mr Howard, you are not a Prince.
JH: Well, what then?
HRH: Judging by your character, I would suggest that you continue to call Australia a country.
I haven't looked at slapt-get yet, but swaret is great, and the dropline installer gives you the most kickass Gnome desktop available. (Although, at the moment I'm experimenting with a combination of the development version of Fluxbox and the ROX file manager.)
I also recommend giving the Slackware Live CD a go. Hmm, it appears to have been renamed SLAX. It's my rescue/utility CD of choice, primarily because it fits on a mini (185MB) CD-R. It's a nice balance somewhere between tomsrtbt and Knoppix
Go Slackware!
Slackware.
A distribution with chest hair.
I've installed Mandrake 9, and later Slackware 9.1, on my wife's T20, and they both worked sweet.
No problems at all.
Bishi Bashi Special and Rocky Hopper (I could only find a review of Rocky Hopper 2, but it's pretty much the same thing). Excellent fun when you got a room full of drunken friends.
Cool, that explains it a little.
I was actually trying to explain hyperthreading to someone today. I got about three minutes into the discussion and realised that I had absolutely no idea what I was talking about.
The discussion arose because we were talking about stupid salesmen. I saw a salesman in a shop the other week, trying to explain hyperthreading to a lady with a glazed expression on her face.
He was saying that hyperthreading makes it easier to use two monitors on your PC.
I whole heartedly apologise for ruining your coffee break, and quite possibly, your entire month.
I found this on mirror.apple.com.
The readme file for this driver is here.
To quote:
"Apple Ethernet LC driver file version 1.0.1 This driver file contains drivers for all Apple LC PDS ethernet cards and is installed in the extensions folder."
That was, like, two minutes work on Google. What gives?
My wife was looking at me with a mixture of confusion and distain when she saw me with my face up against my monitor, looking cross-eyed at grainy pictures of rocks.
But hey, this is cool. It's almost like looking at REAL rocks!
Yup, just boot up Knoppix, open a terminal, then:
:)
su
knx-hdinstall
It'll ask you about where you want to install everything, and then just gets on with it. Easiest Linux install ever.
Knoppix is great like that. Once you've booted from the cd, you can run a program to install it to the hard drive and you end up with a nice Debian based system with everything preconfigured and sorted out.
:)
The best thing is that, because it installs straight from the Knoppix desktop, you can chat, play games and read web pages while it gets on with it.
Absolutely fantastic for those who are new to *nix because it gives them a chance to get used to the desktop and the apps before digging deeper and learning more about the system, which they can do whenever they're ready.
Well, the ping times are a bitch.
Ah, sorry, it's late here ;)
Yes, I can see now how mental institutions could run to much higher costs.
Also, how would the potentially dangerous be detected before they commit a crime, without some kind of mass public screening? I can't see that being too popular either.
I suppose our current systems are the best, or at least most feasable, we have.
Yeah, I understand that the commment was made tongue in cheek, as in "if you're going to ban video games, ban everything". But I've heard comments like the one in the article said in all seriousness many times, and it makes my blood boil. :)
I was speaking generally rather than focusing on the US. The second ammendment has no influence in my country, so owning weapons is quite rightly illegal. I see this as a very good thing. I'm very glad I don't live in a country where any maniac can own a gun.
I also can't see how a state run mental institution would cost much more than a state run prison*. Surely diagnosis, cure, and rehabilitation makes more sense than inprisonment after a terrible crime has been committed.
* pure conjecture. I have no idea of the figures ;)
You have a point there, but you have to wonder. Someone who is unstable enough to make the life altering decision to hurt people or blow something up based on a video game (or movie, book, webpage) is going to crack sooner or later and do something terrible anyway. Removing the stimulus is just treating the symptoms.
The Bible doesn't cause millions of deaths, religious fanatics do.
Mein Kampf doesn't cause millions of deaths, Nazis do.
Das Kapital doesn't cause millions of deaths, armed dictators do.
It's always the same story. You have a dangerously insane person, weapons, and a violent or provocative book, movie, or video game. Which is it that the authorities always try to remove from society?
Downloading the Linux version now. Using the wallpaper. ;)
Thanks for that!
I used to play this game so much back in the 80's. The cassette never left the tape drive of my Amstrad CPC 464. Well, it was either that or Elite.
I specifically remember that the "Prince Charles" piece that this guy is on about was supposed to be some kind of robot/vampire I think, and didn't look much like Prince Charles at all. I can imagine Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond would be shaking their heads in bafflement over that whole article.
I think someone needs to remind this guy that the shiny side of the foil goes on the outside.
Right, those screenshots have made me want to go and fire up my 464 emulator.
I'm looking forward to the Slashdot story about the guys from Black Isle getting back together on another game project. Well, I can hope.
Also, some updates on the mythical Elite 4 would be welcome. That thing has been weapons grade vapourware for years now.
I believe we used to refer to S3 cards as "Shit Cubed".
I guess you'll get about 10 minutes to play it before the heat death of the universe.
It will be ready
To run Debian stable
Some time next decade
Use it to download
the nice, shiny, new kernel
and then start again