Dont forget, if you shrink the (b/p)its, you also must shrink the pit-reader. In this case, the laser. Red is too big. That's why blue and uv are hot. Now here's the fun part... Find a cheap, small blue laser. Good luck.
And the Fun Family Slashdot Game... Guess the next type of device crippling!! CSS^2
Can somebody explain this?
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· Score: 3, Interesting
Now let's get a piece of that article linked above...
So we intend to re-architect Back Orifice
from the ground up. There will be absolutely no shared code between the two projects, in order to skirt detection by commercial antivirus packages. The code will remain totally secret. The software will never surface publicly. And it will be far more stealthy than anything we have ever released, demoed, or publicly discussed.
What's this about? Are they friend of foe??? And lastly, the thread was modded -1, offtopic. Evidently somebody didn't want us to see that....
Woah, boy.... ASUS video driver is a pain in the ass. When you start up the codec, it scans the videoRAM looking in a certain memory segment "ASUS". Win9x has NO memory protection, so this kind of developer cruft code happens. WinNT doesn't allow this kind of shit, because it's a bit more secure about accesses.
Wow, a first post that probably wasnt aiming for it. Well, that aside....
Anyways, how can MS compete with GPL? I see they're trying to look _good_ by allowing some source to leak out to freeBSD. Still, with their standards, how can they prevent/make sure that somebody doesn't share the standards with somebody in the samba group? Still, isn't decryption/decoding of standards compliance ommitted in the DMCA? I thought the Sony v Colecio setteled that (I knew it's sony versus some other vid game company, as the other company won).
Oh well, MS is outliving their usefulness with their ever constricting contracts and costs. I've even shown Linux to friends who never have had a computer. They prefer KDE over windows. They realise setting up is a chore, but learning a bit is cheaper than resorting to a Evercrack(-like) software. Just fork over 200 bucks and we'll give you a patch^H^H^H^H^Hupgrade!
I still use Windows(2k), But I'm trying to find the best way to port over to linux, as the major tool I need is an avi video editor(VirtualDUB in linux would be wonderul, but I have very little skills in that area). I game a bit, But I OWN the metal box Quake3. I also have UT, RtCW, and other fun linux games. No probs there....:-) ePSXe works great in linux too....
---"It's actually very expensive to set yourself up as a scientist. The problem is, while there's still cheap equipment around, much of the cutting-edge research can no longer be done on it. As our understanding of what makes our environment operate gets deeper, we've the unfortunate habit of requiring more complex equipment.
While I'm not a scientist, I do work with them, and the cost of setting up even a basic research lab is prohibitive for an interested amateur, unless their name ends in Murdoch or Branson."---
You're very much right. In general, sciences require much more expensive equipment. However, I see some branches that do not require more. First, is computer science. Making new algorithyms and tighter code require powerful software tools, but software is a unlimited resource (dont bother explaining that to corporate coders). The overall cost is 0$, and I would have no qualms about stealing (warezing) for non-money making projects.
The second field is that of basic electronics. The big costs here will be an occiliscope and an eeprom burner. With these tools, most any project can be made. You can make your own mod-chips (12c508a pic controller), or code your own. If you wanted that OGG player for your stereo, make a player, write your own tcp/ip stack, ethernet device, and boot rom code. It's hard, yes, but the amount you learn from this is immense. All you need is something to test (o-scope), and the chip burner. You might be able to get away from having a can network and have a can-to-lan device.
Another field that would be very interesting to look around is the high energy fields (tesla's patented projects, not any of that free energy-spook shit). Energy transmission seem sreally neat, but problems occur when they flood the full bandwidth with white noise (its what it does). The FCC doesnt like this... research.
The last is chemistry projects. Saying chemistry has been all researched is totally moronic. It's like saying the best computer science was done 20 years ago. There's big money ahead, as in ways to figure out biological reactions for ammonia. The standard process (haber, right?) uses high pressure and high heat to break down n and h to make nh. Well, niotrogen-fixing bacteria can do this without either. We just got to find the right process.
Even mathematics is a possible goal for scientists. All you need is computers. You don't even need powerful ones, as discoveries are made constantly.If you can figure out a process, you solve one of many problems.
Astronomy is getting harder because focus is farther away. Same with physics, as the viewpoint is on that really expensive horizion
Still there's lots of DIY stuff out there that is easy to maintain and just plain do
I guess I'm waiting to have my account bitch-slapped back to 1, or 0. Lot's of people don't understand my type of humor/rhetoric/slang. Look back at the commodore article. I was one of the first posts, but used the word commie. If any of you remember, commie was slang for commodore. Still, even using _well_known_ slang at the time, idiots still mod me -1 troll, or such rubbish.
The longing I have for the old internet.... It was soo nice.
Actually, this type of moderation shows how uneffictive slashdot is. Even if you've never heard the slang 'commie', you could surmise it from 'commie'dore. Sadfully, slashdot editors want us to pay for it. Bleh. kurogohin has much better -self moderated- stories (and you put your name with comments to validate/backup your reason).
In even back in '84, when they released it, it was a poo- man's machine. 300$ for the cpu/keyboard/gfx and 400$ for the drive set. COnsidering, at the time, 2E's were running about 2000$, so the commie was a steal. What's funny is my hacks still work. I did the usual disk drive hack, and made my own "Big Red Switch". It was a small spst button that put the +5v into the ground, effectively resetting the computer.
Well, anyways, back to my normal, troll-like posting. Seems like people want information spoon-fed to them. If it conflicts with what they say is common sense, it "must" be wrong. Hence, you see my posts modded up to +5 insightful, down to +0 troll.
Heh, commie's always had enough juice to do something. Considering that the commie had only 1 mHz, and yet hackers then were able to get demo's with sine functions... i dont find this unbelivable:-) Craaaazy yes.
Anyways, how in the hell were they able to reverse real audio encoding? Isnt that a dmca violation. (This programmer has commited an illegal operation and will be shut down.... locked up).
Aww, darnit, I forgot! I have 3 of those with the tape deck. Too bad I cant send disk images to it, as it uses a different head technology.
We all know of the New York Times (idiot register required) and such stff. There's also the Yahoo register, and about every other service that requres email addresses, authorization that demands your name, home adress, and sometimes asks how much you make.
Well, after about the.. well, the second time, I started punching in totally random garbage. I did this every time I needed something on that site. So what, it took a minute, but they didn't get anything in return (my data is more important than an article in the NYT). Now, as a question to slashdot, how many 'Fake' nyms do you make for idiotic register only accounts?
Even at Krogers (A national grocery chain), they and many others like it have the 'Kroger super cheap recipt card' The purpose for thr consumer (cattle) is a coupon without the scraps of paper. Kroger, and others with the same plan, use this as a way to log exactly what each person buys. Whenever I go in and purchase stuff, I demand that I have the rebate price without a card. If they force a 'super card' on me, I scribble on the carbon paper, as to make it unusable, then throw it on the floor as I walk out. They get the message.
The attempt to screw me, I take them just as bad... Now be a nice consumer and bend over.
If you've got something to say, I'll listen (while ignoring the karma crap). I've seen other people,who were dubbed trolls, and who've had -1 crap attached to every article, who've posted quite intelligent articles.
Instead, try "Karma Trolling" but put what you think and relate it to the main article. In this way, Most people see your article *WITH YOUR SLANT*. I've noticed, however, my negative articles are hit with +2's and -1's. I still get my word out. With your account, everything's -1 default. Your words are effectively "shut up".
The real fun "REAL" way to troll is when one of these shitty bleeding heart articles, like "CBDTPA is Bad", go and make good ideas against the "I hate" flow. Or , another to look out, is the "MS is bad" articles. Bleh. Then go forth spouting half-ass reasons why MS is Good. In this case, it's funny to see people waste something like 20 mod points only because they let thier feelings in the way of __valid pro/con arguments__. And while they're doing that, sit back and laugh:-)
Look at this link (my post on Gentoo Linux). http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=305 99&cid=3311279 Only a troll could get this many rabid users. And I got a score of 4 to boot:-) LMAO
---"I've heard IP attorneys compare these guys to the Mafia -- they basically go around extorting companies to pay them hush money and keep their attack dogs at bay. For large companies, the price of buying them off is cheaper than the price of hiring defense attorneys."---
But as we learned back in World War 1, reparations never work. You must quickly stop the opposition. The way this applies is that when they start threatening you, you hit them, and hard (with a law suit preventing such behavior). You might even win a bit of money. And you're right, this is gonna cost bucks. Still, is the attorney money worth it in the long run when compared of how many times you might have to 'buy' them off?
---""users", or lusers, or losers? I don't have a slashdot account because I value my anonymity."---
Then would I not be correct that you use a few http gateways before hitting slashdot?
---"Unlike yourself, who apparently needs a user# to validate his existence, I have no such need."---
Incorrect, I stand by all my posts. No matter how much people dislike them. You, however have no balls to stand up to what you even say. You are a nobody.
---"What exactly does your user id provide you? You get to mod comments up or down, you get a record of all the important things you had to say, you can use your own name or you can make up a cute name for everyone to know you by. So what."---
Actually, I refuse to mod (And have set up the correct options to NOT mod). Actually, I am NOT ashamed of what I say or think. And if you don't think that I have posted anon before, you are wrong. I use it when I need to, and I use the correct procedures so that slashdot cant tell what part of the world, let alone ISP I am coming from. It is known that Slashdot admins can see all of our connection data, and can use tools in ethereal that can 'track' our trail of links on this website. Do you have provisions as to keep slashdot from knowing who you are?
---"You apparently think very highly of yourself."---
You don't quite get it... I know my place, and so should you. I can assume that you're not a editor, and nor am I. That makes both of our words equally worthless, no matter what way you or I look at it. Karma doesn't mean shit. And if you look through my post logs, I don't karma troll or such crap. I just either ask questions or state my opinion. Sometimes, the very people that spout crap about free speech are the very ones to mod me down, as they don't like my opinion. Simply put; I come here to do 3 things:
1: Read geek news. 2: Post questions/comments 3: Read comments about things I post about
---"But I hate to tell you there's nothing special about a/. user id, it's not hard to build a computer from scratch, and it's definitely not hard to be a lazy, cheap, piece of shit who's upset because he's can't afford broadband."---
Simple. It's not offered 7 miles out in the country and there's no way in hell that I'm putting down 1000$ for a 3 second lag sattelite connection, and then pay cut-throat rates.
---"You should change your/. name to lowest_common_denominator."---
I looked at the register's page and something caught my attention...: Secure Digital (SD)... Sure sounds like half of the name for Secure Digital Media (Music) Initative. So what do I do, I check out AMD's spec page. All it says is it's some sort of controller for small storage devicies... Ok, but wait. Small, like the Rio or iTunes? Hmmmm
Needless to say, I don't like this till I know exactly what these controllers do. Till then, I'll stay away from this product.
Anyways, if you actually could understand the article and background of it, that "dsl establishment" was constructed by a group of millionaires. They were going to get it done, no matter how much it cost.
Secondly, if I should get a faster connection, will you subsudise me by laying the required wire and pay a year's worth of service at a accepted bandwidth level (whats considered average by the bandwidth company)? You won't? Then shut your trap, useless AC.
Thirdly, whats soo bad about having 2'nd or 3'rd generation hardware? I hardly consider a 650 athlon with 66MB/s ide transfer and 100 mHz ram a "piece of shit computer." I'd rather buy components, because many of us on Slashdot have the knowhow to put them together.
"Seriously though, it sounds like a great idea, and I am sure it is wonderful if you have the throughput, but let's face it... most folks don't."
Wonderful statement. I'm betting that this distro would be wonderful... if I had 24/7 access to decently high bandwidth. Still, that aside, it comes to something else.
(enter cable/dsl/high speed provider): Either you are stuck with sucky slow modem connections, or you can PAY THROUGH THE NOSE for the *permission* to have a high connection to your home. Then we can discuss on the payment of data. Your first born son would be sufficent payment for the first three months.
You're telling me that just putting all the source tars is a niceties? Yeah right. Am I asking for pretty screens and neat icons to display the files? No. I'm just asking what comes with NEARLY every distro. it wouldnt be hard to have a "source cd" and then hack the update program so that it looks at the cd rom directory first. I don't even care if it was just 'tossed' onto the cd root. I DONT CARE. I just want some easy to manage image, not some net download. CD's sure makes installing a lot easier than chewing up that nice 4 KB/S bandwidth.
This distribution SOUNDS nice, but plain sucks in practice. First, to remove the suckage, have a cd full of source tars. No need for the net.
That in itself is the main gripe. Bandwidth is the biggest problem. I can bring my computer to my college to download an image (or few). It's big, but once a few months isn't bad. However, all I've got is a modem connection at home (and I'm sure gentoo's program doesnt support resuming). What?! KDE desnt come with it? Guess I'll have to download it. (a day and a half later)... Still isn't done! DAMN! Heh, and then comes compile-time.
Face it, this distribution is for high bandwidth connections, not for us modem users. And what's really funny is that just yesterday, Slashdot posts article: "Time Warner to Charge Extra for Over-Quota Bandwidth". Yeah, these go together real well.... Reeeeal well.
Slashdot Mirror
Is this going to be like the X2 non-standard modem but for the wireless world? If so, then as words taken by the Duke Nukem," Blow it out YER ass!!"
That's the last we need it a half assed proprietary kinda-standard that only works well when you use their equipment.
Dont forget, if you shrink the (b/p)its, you also must shrink the pit-reader. In this case, the laser. Red is too big. That's why blue and uv are hot. Now here's the fun part... Find a cheap, small blue laser. Good luck.
And the Fun Family Slashdot Game... Guess the next type of device crippling!! CSS^2
Now let's get a piece of that article linked above...
What's this about? Are they friend of foe??? And lastly, the thread was modded -1, offtopic. Evidently somebody didn't want us to see that....
josh crawley
Woah, boy.... ASUS video driver is a pain in the ass. When you start up the codec, it scans the videoRAM looking in a certain memory segment "ASUS". Win9x has NO memory protection, so this kind of developer cruft code happens. WinNT doesn't allow this kind of shit, because it's a bit more secure about accesses.
Wow, a first post that probably wasnt aiming for it. Well, that aside....
:-) ePSXe works great in linux too....
Anyways, how can MS compete with GPL? I see they're trying to look _good_ by allowing some source to leak out to freeBSD. Still, with their standards, how can they prevent/make sure that somebody doesn't share the standards with somebody in the samba group? Still, isn't decryption/decoding of standards compliance ommitted in the DMCA? I thought the Sony v Colecio setteled that (I knew it's sony versus some other vid game company, as the other company won).
Oh well, MS is outliving their usefulness with their ever constricting contracts and costs. I've even shown Linux to friends who never have had a computer. They prefer KDE over windows. They realise setting up is a chore, but learning a bit is cheaper than resorting to a Evercrack(-like) software. Just fork over 200 bucks and we'll give you a patch^H^H^H^H^Hupgrade!
I still use Windows(2k), But I'm trying to find the best way to port over to linux, as the major tool I need is an avi video editor(VirtualDUB in linux would be wonderul, but I have very little skills in that area). I game a bit, But I OWN the metal box Quake3. I also have UT, RtCW, and other fun linux games. No probs there....
---"It's actually very expensive to set yourself up as a scientist. The problem is, while there's still cheap equipment around, much of the cutting-edge research can no longer be done on it. As our understanding of what makes our environment operate gets deeper, we've the unfortunate habit of requiring more complex equipment.
... research.
While I'm not a scientist, I do work with them, and the cost of setting up even a basic research lab is prohibitive for an interested amateur, unless their name ends in Murdoch or Branson."---
You're very much right. In general, sciences require much more expensive equipment. However, I see some branches that do not require more. First, is computer science. Making new algorithyms and tighter code require powerful software tools, but software is a unlimited resource (dont bother explaining that to corporate coders). The overall cost is 0$, and I would have no qualms about stealing (warezing) for non-money making projects.
The second field is that of basic electronics. The big costs here will be an occiliscope and an eeprom burner. With these tools, most any project can be made. You can make your own mod-chips (12c508a pic controller), or code your own. If you wanted that OGG player for your stereo, make a player, write your own tcp/ip stack, ethernet device, and boot rom code. It's hard, yes, but the amount you learn from this is immense. All you need is something to test (o-scope), and the chip burner. You might be able to get away from having a can network and have a can-to-lan device.
Another field that would be very interesting to look around is the high energy fields (tesla's patented projects, not any of that free energy-spook shit). Energy transmission seem sreally neat, but problems occur when they flood the full bandwidth with white noise (its what it does). The FCC doesnt like this
The last is chemistry projects. Saying chemistry has been all researched is totally moronic. It's like saying the best computer science was done 20 years ago. There's big money ahead, as in ways to figure out biological reactions for ammonia. The standard process (haber, right?) uses high pressure and high heat to break down n and h to make nh. Well, niotrogen-fixing bacteria can do this without either. We just got to find the right process.
Even mathematics is a possible goal for scientists. All you need is computers. You don't even need powerful ones, as discoveries are made constantly.If you can figure out a process, you solve one of many problems.
Astronomy is getting harder because focus is farther away.
Same with physics, as the viewpoint is on that really expensive horizion
Still there's lots of DIY stuff out there that is easy to maintain and just plain do
I guess I'm waiting to have my account bitch-slapped back to 1, or 0. Lot's of people don't understand my type of humor/rhetoric/slang. Look back at the commodore article. I was one of the first posts, but used the word commie. If any of you remember, commie was slang for commodore. Still, even using _well_known_ slang at the time, idiots still mod me -1 troll, or such rubbish.
The longing I have for the old internet.... It was soo nice.
Actually, this type of moderation shows how uneffictive slashdot is. Even if you've never heard the slang 'commie', you could surmise it from 'commie'dore. Sadfully, slashdot editors want us to pay for it. Bleh. kurogohin has much better -self moderated- stories (and you put your name with comments to validate/backup your reason).
In even back in '84, when they released it, it was a poo- man's machine. 300$ for the cpu/keyboard/gfx and 400$ for the drive set. COnsidering, at the time, 2E's were running about 2000$, so the commie was a steal. What's funny is my hacks still work. I did the usual disk drive hack, and made my own "Big Red Switch". It was a small spst button that put the +5v into the ground, effectively resetting the computer.
Well, anyways, back to my normal, troll-like posting. Seems like people want information spoon-fed to them. If it conflicts with what they say is common sense, it "must" be wrong. Hence, you see my posts modded up to +5 insightful, down to +0 troll.
Dont forget that Google released their API for their database...
Heh, commie's always had enough juice to do something. Considering that the commie had only 1 mHz, and yet hackers then were able to get demo's with sine functions... i dont find this unbelivable :-) Craaaazy yes.
Anyways, how in the hell were they able to reverse real audio encoding? Isnt that a dmca violation. (This programmer has commited an illegal operation and will be shut down.... locked up).
Aww, darnit, I forgot! I have 3 of those with the tape deck. Too bad I cant send disk images to it, as it uses a different head technology.
They already have. And watcha doing at 0 ? I thought Michael bitchslapped you at perm -1 . Anyways, You're always +5 in my selections.
You're a "troll" that I like to read. Great negative/denotative stuff that idiot moderators love to mod down, but are factual.
Wouldnt this article be better posted under "Thier Rights Online" , rather than "Your Rights Online" ?
I can understand if Microsoft would create a decent product, buy after hearing root hole after root hole, WHO WOULD WANT TO USE THIER PRODUCT?
Even MS sysadmins should have some sort of idea that this web server is horrid in terms of security. So MS Sysads, WHY DO YOU USE THIS???
We all know of the New York Times (idiot register required) and such stff. There's also the Yahoo register, and about every other service that requres email addresses, authorization that demands your name, home adress, and sometimes asks how much you make.
Well, after about the.. well, the second time, I started punching in totally random garbage. I did this every time I needed something on that site. So what, it took a minute, but they didn't get anything in return (my data is more important than an article in the NYT). Now, as a question to slashdot, how many 'Fake' nyms do you make for idiotic register only accounts?
Even at Krogers (A national grocery chain), they and many others like it have the 'Kroger super cheap recipt card' The purpose for thr consumer (cattle) is a coupon without the scraps of paper. Kroger, and others with the same plan, use this as a way to log exactly what each person buys. Whenever I go in and purchase stuff, I demand that I have the rebate price without a card. If they force a 'super card' on me, I scribble on the carbon paper, as to make it unusable, then throw it on the floor as I walk out. They get the message.
The attempt to screw me, I take them just as bad... Now be a nice consumer and bend over.
And here ***I*** was, trying to karma whore, and here you get the fucking mod points :-)
Good job.
Umm, hasn't Enlighenment always had this?
If you've got something to say, I'll listen (while ignoring the karma crap). I've seen other people ,who were dubbed trolls, and who've had -1 crap attached to every article, who've posted quite intelligent articles.
:-)
5 99&cid=3311279 :-) LMAO
Instead, try "Karma Trolling" but put what you think and relate it to the main article. In this way, Most people see your article *WITH YOUR SLANT*. I've noticed, however, my negative articles are hit with +2's and -1's. I still get my word out. With your account, everything's -1 default. Your words are effectively "shut up".
The real fun "REAL" way to troll is when one of these shitty bleeding heart articles, like "CBDTPA is Bad", go and make good ideas against the "I hate" flow. Or , another to look out, is the "MS is bad" articles. Bleh. Then go forth spouting half-ass reasons why MS is Good. In this case, it's funny to see people waste something like 20 mod points only because they let thier feelings in the way of __valid pro/con arguments__. And while they're doing that, sit back and laugh
Look at this link (my post on Gentoo Linux). http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=30
Only a troll could get this many rabid users. And I got a score of 4 to boot
It's just a hint, but don't post anything else about Siggraph2.
Nobody Cares, unless you count the FP troll.
---"I've heard IP attorneys compare these guys to the Mafia -- they basically go around extorting companies to pay them hush money and keep their attack dogs at bay. For large companies, the price of buying them off is cheaper than the price of hiring defense attorneys."---
But as we learned back in World War 1, reparations never work. You must quickly stop the opposition. The way this applies is that when they start threatening you, you hit them, and hard (with a law suit preventing such behavior). You might even win a bit of money. And you're right, this is gonna cost bucks. Still, is the attorney money worth it in the long run when compared of how many times you might have to 'buy' them off?
---""users", or lusers, or losers? I don't have a slashdot account because I value my anonymity."---
:
/. user id, it's not hard to build a computer from scratch, and it's definitely not hard to be a lazy, cheap, piece of shit who's upset because he's can't afford broadband."---
/. name to lowest_common_denominator."---
Then would I not be correct that you use a few http gateways before hitting slashdot?
---"Unlike yourself, who apparently needs a user# to validate his existence, I have no such need."---
Incorrect, I stand by all my posts. No matter how much people dislike them. You, however have no balls to stand up to what you even say. You are a nobody.
---"What exactly does your user id provide you? You get to mod comments up or down, you get a record of all the important things you had to say, you can use your own name or you can make up a cute name for everyone to know you by. So what."---
Actually, I refuse to mod (And have set up the correct options to NOT mod). Actually, I am NOT ashamed of what I say or think. And if you don't think that I have posted anon before, you are wrong. I use it when I need to, and I use the correct procedures so that slashdot cant tell what part of the world, let alone ISP I am coming from. It is known that Slashdot admins can see all of our connection data, and can use tools in ethereal that can 'track' our trail of links on this website. Do you have provisions as to keep slashdot from knowing who you are?
---"You apparently think very highly of yourself."---
You don't quite get it... I know my place, and so should you. I can assume that you're not a editor, and nor am I. That makes both of our words equally worthless, no matter what way you or I look at it. Karma doesn't mean shit. And if you look through my post logs, I don't karma troll or such crap. I just either ask questions or state my opinion. Sometimes, the very people that spout crap about free speech are the very ones to mod me down, as they don't like my opinion. Simply put; I come here to do 3 things
1: Read geek news.
2: Post questions/comments
3: Read comments about things I post about
---"But I hate to tell you there's nothing special about a
Simple. It's not offered 7 miles out in the country and there's no way in hell that I'm putting down 1000$ for a 3 second lag sattelite connection, and then pay cut-throat rates.
---"You should change your
I've already got a nick. Maybe you should.
I looked at the register's page and something caught my attention...: Secure Digital (SD) ... Sure sounds like half of the name for Secure Digital Media (Music) Initative. So what do I do, I check out AMD's spec page. All it says is it's some sort of controller for small storage devicies... Ok, but wait. Small, like the Rio or iTunes? Hmmmm
Needless to say, I don't like this till I know exactly what these controllers do. Till then, I'll stay away from this product.
Stupid AC, posts are for users.
Anyways, if you actually could understand the article and background of it, that "dsl establishment" was constructed by a group of millionaires. They were going to get it done, no matter how much it cost.
Secondly, if I should get a faster connection, will you subsudise me by laying the required wire and pay a year's worth of service at a accepted bandwidth level (whats considered average by the bandwidth company)? You won't? Then shut your trap, useless AC.
Thirdly, whats soo bad about having 2'nd or 3'rd generation hardware? I hardly consider a 650 athlon with 66MB/s ide transfer and 100 mHz ram a "piece of shit computer." I'd rather buy components, because many of us on Slashdot have the knowhow to put them together.
And I wondered this 'thing' had a score of 0.
"Seriously though, it sounds like a great idea, and I am sure it is wonderful if you have the throughput, but let's face it... most folks don't."
Wonderful statement. I'm betting that this distro would be wonderful... if I had 24/7 access to decently high bandwidth. Still, that aside, it comes to something else.
(enter cable/dsl/high speed provider): Either you are stuck with sucky slow modem connections, or you can PAY THROUGH THE NOSE for the *permission* to have a high connection to your home. Then we can discuss on the payment of data. Your first born son would be sufficent payment for the first three months.
You're telling me that just putting all the source tars is a niceties? Yeah right. Am I asking for pretty screens and neat icons to display the files? No. I'm just asking what comes with NEARLY every distro. it wouldnt be hard to have a "source cd" and then hack the update program so that it looks at the cd rom directory first. I don't even care if it was just 'tossed' onto the cd root. I DONT CARE. I just want some easy to manage image, not some net download. CD's sure makes installing a lot easier than chewing up that nice 4 KB/S bandwidth.
This distribution SOUNDS nice, but plain sucks in practice. First, to remove the suckage, have a cd full of source tars. No need for the net.
That in itself is the main gripe. Bandwidth is the biggest problem. I can bring my computer to my college to download an image (or few). It's big, but once a few months isn't bad. However, all I've got is a modem connection at home (and I'm sure gentoo's program doesnt support resuming). What?! KDE desnt come with it? Guess I'll have to download it. (a day and a half later)... Still isn't done! DAMN! Heh, and then comes compile-time.
Face it, this distribution is for high bandwidth connections, not for us modem users. And what's really funny is that just yesterday, Slashdot posts article: "Time Warner to Charge Extra for Over-Quota Bandwidth". Yeah, these go together real well.... Reeeeal well.