You mean like my bank which suggests one of the following?
* Netscape Communicator 4.79
* Netscape 7.02
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
* AOL 8.0
Funny what they consider secure huh? (I'm using Firebird 0.6.1 btw)
I got in the habit of just using IE but it looks like I can at least use Firebird now, just with a warning that things may be broke. I don't think it used to even let me try to log in.
Don't forget about Sierra's reillustrated line. They only did it with their earliest games (e.g. King's Quest 1, Space Quest 1, Hero's Quest 1 and a few others).
They basically took some of their old adventure games done with ega graphics only and updated them to full 256 color vga and better sound. The story was exactly the same but sometimes with a few extras and minor changes.
I can't think of any games off the top of my head that have been remakes quite at that level.
I forgot to mention that in my post. Retail Athlons now come with a patch of thermal paste already on the heat sink. Much cleaner than when people like myself put too much on.:)
But like you said, personal preference and all. My gripe was really with rudabager's condescending attitude.
I agree with the parent, if you buy a retail box that includes the fan and you follow the instructions in the manual while installing, then you shouldn't have to worry about the cpu dying. That's assuming you operate it as you're supposed to. If it burns up from overclocking, that's your own fault for not taking extra precautions.
Your car analogy doesn't work as most car manuals have a maintenance schedule that tells you to change the oil every so often. You don't have to mount a big fan on the front of your new car to keep it cool enough to operate properly.
Now, with that being said, I've never had an AMD cpu burn up. That claim sounds like a bunch of BS to me. As for the guy that thinks it's better to buy an oem cpu and super duper fan, I'd take a retail box any day. I've never actually had to use a warranty before but the retail box comes with a 3yr warranty (+included heat sink and fan) for maybe an extra $6.
First of all, non commercial software may mean less profits for businesses that develop software but not businesses in general. If a bank uses free non-commercial software then they make more profit. That's assuming the non-commercial software is of high quality and doesn't reduce productivity to a level that causes their profits to go down.
Second, open source doesn't necessarily mean free or non commercial. It's entirely possible for a company to produce something that's open source and sell it.
My university's administrative system is far from free but they ship all of the source with it so that it can be customized to fit each of their clients' unique requirements. This also means that my university hires programmers to make those customizations.
Gee, I'm glad my dad didn't have that attitude the first time I asked him for help changing my spark plugs, making home improvements or any of the many other things he has helped me with over the years.
Ideally, when you help someone with a problem, you also teach them enough about it that they don't need to ask you about it the next time it happens. With any luck, they'll learn enough to try to fix new things on their own. You might have to actually be social and try to educate them though. Acting like the office tech support guy on SNL doesn't do it.
The university I attended hired me right after graduation, however I've heard our new management frowns upon that and would prefer that recent graduates go get a job elsewhere. Then after they have outside experience, it's ok for them to bring their new expertise back.
I've seen at least one case where a student employee was involved in training his replacement instead of just being hired on full time for the job after graduation.
I'm almost 27 and I don't think my house has ever caught on fire.. I don't think I want to pay for firemen any more.
And don't even get me started on the police, they're more interested in writing speeding/seatbelt tickets than serving/protecting me like it says on the side of their car.
"You will put out meat pizzas, right? I am a carnivore and I believe it is unethical to kill and eat defenseless little plants which are rooted in the ground"
So you like crustless pizzas with no tomato sauce?;)
I'd still go with lawyer being the best. That way if anyone ever does try to outsource your job, you can just sue them until they stop or they settle for enough that you can retire.;)
"We're in the business of making and selling software. Your invention is software. Hand it over."
I really don't think it's that simple with software. Software can perform any number of unrelated tasks and be written in a wide variety of languages.
Take for instance a software company that has some old system written in Cobol running on Unix or VMS. They have an employee that writes a stupid little game in VB. Does the company own the employee's game since it's software? What if that employee works for the company as a janitor?
I guess they don't know how the equation works.
x = cost of property damage when Hubble crashes + lawsuits from surviving relatives
y = cost of 'recalling' Hubble
If x is less than y, we don't do it.
Well here's a little story...
Just over a year ago, I got some kind of bug bite (or at least that's the assumption). A big red spot developed around it which kept growing so I went to the doctor. The doc gave me a shot and an assortment of pills to stop the itching/inflammation.
So, what's that got to do with blogs? Well, later that night I got the hiccups. After maybe an hour, they went away. Then I woke up in the middle of the night with hiccups again and couldn't get rid of them. Since I couldn't sleep, I decided to do some googling and found another person talking about this side effect of the drug on their blog. My doctor of course thought I was a nut when I asked her about it even after I found a write up from the company that makes the drug listing hiccups as a possible side effect.
This person's blog was just about their life and battle with some disease. While I wouldn't have found it all too exciting under normal circumstances, I appreciate the fact that I was able to get useful information from it when the need was there.
As for my doctor, well I won't be going back there. I don't really care to have a doctor that blows me off when I tell them there's something wrong with me after they just shot me full of drugs.
Just out of curiosity, how much do you make from your referral links on slashdot? It must be at least somewhat significant since you keep doing it but I wouldn't have thought it would be that much.
A lot of people seem to be bringing this up so I'll make a wild guess. However, IANAC (criminal) so I don't really know.
I would start by opening an account in the name of someone who's identity I've stolen. Once the money was placed in that account, I would transfer it through several more with it eventually ending up in a few accounts which are also under stolen identities. At which point, I would go close out the accounts and leave with my money. I might even have some buddies in other countries collect some of the money from other accounts in there area.
Good luck tracking that money down.
If it was as simple as calling up the bank and saying 'hey who's account is this... cool, thanks, let's go arrest 'em guys', it wouldn't be a problem because they would all be caught.
"My concern is that any nation putting this sort of system into place risks misalignment of the beams and having a solar laser of incredible power strafing across the landscape."
That's why it should be tested in Florida first. Until the bugs are worked out, we can blame any mishaps on the Xindi.
How'd this get modded redundant? I only see 3 posts right now and if it wasn't for this one I wouldn't be able to read the paper because it appears to be slashdotted already.
Ok, I think I have the post to end all of this silly complaints. Right here on Slashdot before FOTR was released on DVD is a warning to wait for the extended version.
I'm pretty sure other sources like lordoftherings.net had info about the release dates sooner but I'm too lazy to do any more searching.
So quit whining people. If you care enough about LOTR to actually want to see the extra footage, you should've also known well ahead of time about the extended versions.
Nice analogy you have there. Let's try this one:
There used to be a day when you could go to get McDonald's and get free food but you had to look at advertisements on the walls. People got annoyed with the ads so they all started looking only at the floor when they went into McDonald's. Companies stopped advertising with McDonald's when they realized this and McDonald's tried to charge people for food but no one was buying because they liked it when things were free.
What I found funniest about your last post was this statement: "Yes, it would be a shame if/. shut down, but if they can't pay the bills, then, well, too bad for us." followed by this one "but like I've said more than once already, that's not my problem."
So it would be bad for you if slashdot shut down but that's not your problem?
I personally don't see what's so terribly about banner ads. I'm not talking about pop ups and such, just plain old banner ads.
Slashdot Mirror
You mean like my bank which suggests one of the following?
* Netscape Communicator 4.79
* Netscape 7.02
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
* AOL 8.0
Funny what they consider secure huh? (I'm using Firebird 0.6.1 btw)
I got in the habit of just using IE but it looks like I can at least use Firebird now, just with a warning that things may be broke. I don't think it used to even let me try to log in.
"thier 2 main consol releases, schedualed for the holidays were pushed back to January (one of them BIS produced)"
Speaking of that, I think this just wiped out any hope I had left for ever seeing Dark Alliance 2 ported to the gamecube.
Don't forget about Sierra's reillustrated line. They only did it with their earliest games (e.g. King's Quest 1, Space Quest 1, Hero's Quest 1 and a few others).
They basically took some of their old adventure games done with ega graphics only and updated them to full 256 color vga and better sound. The story was exactly the same but sometimes with a few extras and minor changes.
I can't think of any games off the top of my head that have been remakes quite at that level.
I forgot to mention that in my post. Retail Athlons now come with a patch of thermal paste already on the heat sink. Much cleaner than when people like myself put too much on. :)
But like you said, personal preference and all. My gripe was really with rudabager's condescending attitude.
I agree with the parent, if you buy a retail box that includes the fan and you follow the instructions in the manual while installing, then you shouldn't have to worry about the cpu dying. That's assuming you operate it as you're supposed to. If it burns up from overclocking, that's your own fault for not taking extra precautions.
Your car analogy doesn't work as most car manuals have a maintenance schedule that tells you to change the oil every so often. You don't have to mount a big fan on the front of your new car to keep it cool enough to operate properly.
Now, with that being said, I've never had an AMD cpu burn up. That claim sounds like a bunch of BS to me. As for the guy that thinks it's better to buy an oem cpu and super duper fan, I'd take a retail box any day. I've never actually had to use a warranty before but the retail box comes with a 3yr warranty (+included heat sink and fan) for maybe an extra $6.
"Don't you think your programmers might want to do something social once in a while? You know, just like real people?"
Back in you cubicle dog! Don't make me break out the whip.
First of all, non commercial software may mean less profits for businesses that develop software but not businesses in general. If a bank uses free non-commercial software then they make more profit. That's assuming the non-commercial software is of high quality and doesn't reduce productivity to a level that causes their profits to go down.
Second, open source doesn't necessarily mean free or non commercial. It's entirely possible for a company to produce something that's open source and sell it.
My university's administrative system is far from free but they ship all of the source with it so that it can be customized to fit each of their clients' unique requirements. This also means that my university hires programmers to make those customizations.
How again is that bad for the economy and people?
Gee, I'm glad my dad didn't have that attitude the first time I asked him for help changing my spark plugs, making home improvements or any of the many other things he has helped me with over the years.
Ideally, when you help someone with a problem, you also teach them enough about it that they don't need to ask you about it the next time it happens. With any luck, they'll learn enough to try to fix new things on their own. You might have to actually be social and try to educate them though. Acting like the office tech support guy on SNL doesn't do it.
The university I attended hired me right after graduation, however I've heard our new management frowns upon that and would prefer that recent graduates go get a job elsewhere. Then after they have outside experience, it's ok for them to bring their new expertise back.
I've seen at least one case where a student employee was involved in training his replacement instead of just being hired on full time for the job after graduation.
I'm almost 27 and I don't think my house has ever caught on fire.. I don't think I want to pay for firemen any more.
And don't even get me started on the police, they're more interested in writing speeding/seatbelt tickets than serving/protecting me like it says on the side of their car.
O yea, I was being sarcastic.
"You will put out meat pizzas, right? I am a carnivore and I believe it is unethical to kill and eat defenseless little plants which are rooted in the ground"
;)
So you like crustless pizzas with no tomato sauce?
I'd still go with lawyer being the best. That way if anyone ever does try to outsource your job, you can just sue them until they stop or they settle for enough that you can retire. ;)
"We're in the business of making and selling software. Your invention is software. Hand it over."
I really don't think it's that simple with software. Software can perform any number of unrelated tasks and be written in a wide variety of languages.
Take for instance a software company that has some old system written in Cobol running on Unix or VMS. They have an employee that writes a stupid little game in VB. Does the company own the employee's game since it's software? What if that employee works for the company as a janitor?
"I need a mental shower now to clean the image of Bill Gates in a long leather coat."
Just be glad they didn't have Bill and Steve playing the parts of some of the frenchman's henchman.
I guess they don't know how the equation works.
x = cost of property damage when Hubble crashes + lawsuits from surviving relatives
y = cost of 'recalling' Hubble
If x is less than y, we don't do it.
Well here's a little story...
Just over a year ago, I got some kind of bug bite (or at least that's the assumption). A big red spot developed around it which kept growing so I went to the doctor. The doc gave me a shot and an assortment of pills to stop the itching/inflammation.
So, what's that got to do with blogs? Well, later that night I got the hiccups. After maybe an hour, they went away. Then I woke up in the middle of the night with hiccups again and couldn't get rid of them. Since I couldn't sleep, I decided to do some googling and found another person talking about this side effect of the drug on their blog. My doctor of course thought I was a nut when I asked her about it even after I found a write up from the company that makes the drug listing hiccups as a possible side effect.
This person's blog was just about their life and battle with some disease. While I wouldn't have found it all too exciting under normal circumstances, I appreciate the fact that I was able to get useful information from it when the need was there.
As for my doctor, well I won't be going back there. I don't really care to have a doctor that blows me off when I tell them there's something wrong with me after they just shot me full of drugs.
Just out of curiosity, how much do you make from your referral links on slashdot? It must be at least somewhat significant since you keep doing it but I wouldn't have thought it would be that much.
A lot of people seem to be bringing this up so I'll make a wild guess. However, IANAC (criminal) so I don't really know.
I would start by opening an account in the name of someone who's identity I've stolen. Once the money was placed in that account, I would transfer it through several more with it eventually ending up in a few accounts which are also under stolen identities. At which point, I would go close out the accounts and leave with my money. I might even have some buddies in other countries collect some of the money from other accounts in there area.
Good luck tracking that money down.
If it was as simple as calling up the bank and saying 'hey who's account is this... cool, thanks, let's go arrest 'em guys', it wouldn't be a problem because they would all be caught.
Thanks, you just reminded me of Office Space. :)
'I don't know nothing about no money laundering'
That was a great movie.
"My concern is that any nation putting this sort of system into place risks misalignment of the beams and having a solar laser of incredible power strafing across the landscape."
That's why it should be tested in Florida first. Until the bugs are worked out, we can blame any mishaps on the Xindi.
How'd this get modded redundant? I only see 3 posts right now and if it wasn't for this one I wouldn't be able to read the paper because it appears to be slashdotted already.
Ok, I think I have the post to end all of this silly complaints. Right here on Slashdot before FOTR was released on DVD is a warning to wait for the extended version.
I'm pretty sure other sources like lordoftherings.net had info about the release dates sooner but I'm too lazy to do any more searching.
So quit whining people. If you care enough about LOTR to actually want to see the extra footage, you should've also known well ahead of time about the extended versions.
Nice analogy you have there. Let's try this one:
/. shut down, but if they can't pay the bills, then, well, too bad for us." followed by this one "but like I've said more than once already, that's not my problem."
There used to be a day when you could go to get McDonald's and get free food but you had to look at advertisements on the walls. People got annoyed with the ads so they all started looking only at the floor when they went into McDonald's. Companies stopped advertising with McDonald's when they realized this and McDonald's tried to charge people for food but no one was buying because they liked it when things were free.
What I found funniest about your last post was this statement: "Yes, it would be a shame if
So it would be bad for you if slashdot shut down but that's not your problem?
I personally don't see what's so terribly about banner ads. I'm not talking about pop ups and such, just plain old banner ads.
Sounds like a good shortcut to me. ;)
It'll be their fault because I'll eat at McDonald's all the time to get my free music. ;)