I didn't say that I agree with the mentality of the french. But really don't think you can get anywhere just with English. It's not true...
If you didn't notce, I do speak english, so what's your point?
Well, I guessed it was a bit sarcastic, but any reader here who doesn't know Luxembourg would probably take it as a fact. It's hard enough to explain where you're from if you're on a trip (for example to the US), we don't need any dutch people yelling around that Luxembourg is just a province of Germany. As I said before, you should first look a bit how Dutch people behave while abroad. You'll see it's a "kettle meet pot" thing.
You are very wrong about "And in western europe and northern-america, you can expect anyone to talk English". You can expect it from the high-educated ones, not from the man on the street who will be the guy that sells you bread in the local shop. Simple proof is Germany and France. Most of the "common people" speak only one language, even tough english is often taught at school. I have personally met people that had french at school (Flemish people) that don't want to talk it "because they are bad in it". I've got news for them: you learn a language by using it. As you probably know French and English are taught in Belgian schools, so for me they have no excuse. The same goes for frenchies that learnt English at school and don't want to talk it (for the same or other reasons)
We are accustomed to think that "English" is universal. It's not. There is not such a thing as a "local" world-language. Ever been in the US, and being severd by a hispanic person barely talking any english, then you'll see how skewed your view is. I speak five language fluently and I do meet people with whom it's nearly impossible to communicate.
at least if you don't see Luxembourg as a province of Germany, but that's another story
Oh? And what is that "other" story then? If memory serves me right Luxembourg has been independent since 1831 (a year after Belgium). So take that back, Luxembourg *is* a country! It's not because it's small that it isn't one, because then to your standards The Netherlands couldn't be a country either: look at Germany, much bigger than The Netherlands. Historically Luxembourg would be more likely to be a Belgian of Netherlandish province anyway, or why do you think our flag looks like yours?
We are *not* Germans, and you caravan-carrying-hollandish-tourists should be lucky enough that we speak German to you, because if we really wanted we'd talk French (or Luxembourgish) instead and you'd be screwed! Ever been to a French camping in the summer? Well, I did, and the "oh 't is hier o gezellig" makes me sick. And above that you think that Heineken is good beer, pfff!
Now for your link between SES Astra located in the Chateau de Betzdorf, and RTL Group is definately not true. SES-Astra carries more than just the signals of RTL-related channels. SES-Astra was created in 1985 and the predecessors of RTL were around since 1917. While it is true that RTL is "Luxembourgish based" nowadays, I think that can be said about any big company that has many mergers behind it. Don't forget that RTL originated from CTL which definately is Luxembourgish. There are many reasons for media companies to settle in Luxembourg and most of them are monetary (Tax, Filmmaking is highly subsidized here,...) If you didn't know: the only TV channel that can uses just "RTL" as logo is "RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg", which is the native-luxembourgish-speaking channel, all others have a suffix (like 4, TVI, television).
Oh, tv series that are shown on RTL4 (like "Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden", oh, I hate that show), are often shot in Luxembourg. It's happened to me that I crossed one of the actors in Luxembourg city.
Nice points, I just don't trust insurances. They are always finding ways to weasle out of paying. Never noticed how many legal actions there are ove insurances not paying? That's why I prefer governemnt managed healthcare. Every system has it's advantages. It just means I pay for the healthcare of prostitutes too, and honestly, I don't mind. As long as I get my teatment when I'll be sick/have an accident.
It's all just a cultural thing.
the whole point of education is to have an informed electorate
Oh, boy you Americans are *sooo* screwed by now..... Sorry, just joking.
I do understand the concept and I don't think it is bad, however in Europe you don't get distinct classes for it. It's considered "general education" which is spread over many courses from histroy, geography, to languages (I've got my education about domestic politics mainly from my native language classes).
However this does not change the point that you forget these things quite fast, especially if you're not actively participating in the progress of lawmaking.
So I *do* agree that education about these things is *good*. But unless you revise and utilize these things at least every month you're bound to forget. Unless of course it is "drilled in" like religious fanatics drill youngsters... you know, citing the Bill of Rights like you see those Mullah-Wannabe-Kids citing the Koran on TV. And even then, you don't really "know", you just can "recite".
We can intercept them, yes. But can we do anything with the intercepted data? I don't think so because it is encyrpted -granted a small key- but that's good enough to kill off the amateur eavesdroppers. It's not like the analog crap of 10 years ago, that anyone with a scanner could listen to
There is flaw in your logic. Consider a prostitute that contratcs a STD. You claim she will pay for her own healthcare, but while she is recovering from the said STD she cannot work and will not have an income and hence will not be able to pay for treatment.
For a case of syphilys (a few weeks/months antibiotica) she might get over it, but once she gets one of the nicer things like HIV, she is out of a job and has no alternatives.
I'm not American... So I indeed do not know how the American system works, and I honestly don't care too much.
However I want to point out a little flaw in your logic. When did you get your last "civic classes"? (We don't even have that over here in Europe) Well, for some of us here this might have been a long time ago. I don't even remember much of the Phyics and Chemestry from highschool and that stuff actually *interested me* (unlike History).
Here is an analogy: what you get in "civic classes" we usually get in History. While I don't surely didn't get the details of the code of laws in the United States, I can assure you I have completely seen how the European Union works, including the tiny horrible details you don't *want* to know. That was about 8 years ago. Today, I cannot give you more than a summary of what the EU is, nor can I tell you what the role of the European Parliament or the European Comission is. So I don't know, and yet I only saw these things eight years ago!
So tell me again? You expect every United State Citzen to remember everything they were thaught in every class they had in Highschool? I've got news for you: people forget!
Yes, that is exactly what I described. (The NT4 compressed folder) I was more wondering how the zip files were treated on Windows XP as it seems that they are not considered files anymore. So if I have a.zip file and mail it to a coworker running Windows XP, how will he see it? As a file or a folder or what?
Since I don't use XP, could you please elaborate the difference between "Compressed Folders" managed by the NTFS system (supported at least since NT4) and the integration of the zip format in Windows XP. As far as my understanding goes a compressed folder is just that: a folder and the data attached to is compressed. A different beast than a file that contains compressed data.
I personally like to see that an archive is one single file. It helps me understand what the machines does, and I like it that way. What happens when people want to email such a compressed folder? Is it mailed as a.zip file and how does the receipient's XP machine reacts to such an incoming file?
Well, for your info: this trick was in the documentation that came with the DOS version of PKZip. (Manual.doc if I recall correctly).
I have used it too, especially when making bootdisks. It really is nice to have the bootdisk create a RAMDrive and then unzip all the tools you need to that RAMDrive. Much more tools for the same amount of space. (Okay, now I use boot CD's but a bootdisk is still usefull once in a while)
I have to admit that I do know some very pretty girls in the IT sector (three spring to mind), but they are not very common. Of course we have to look at it from their side too: "The odds are good, but the goods are odd". I don't make an exception on that, because I'm not one of the odd ones;-)
The answer, obviously, is letting users have Windows.
Actually, not really. Things really went downhill when we allowed people to stop to think about how a computer works. How many of us have tried to explain the difference between memory and harddisk, to uninformed users. Actually, I despise the users that don't want to learn the basics: I'm supposed to learn the basics of their trade if I need to program stuff form them.
No, Windows was not the first step... It was allowing Windows to *exists*, that was the first step.
Well, it can even play MP3's you know (while multitasking). With a tweaked version of mpg123 that defaults to joint-stereo. It also ran FreeCiv like a champ, and I even had it run Java. Now that last one was a bad idea, so don't do it!
One remark: unless you have better luck than me, don't try KOffice, nor OpenOffice. They are just unusable on such machines. I've never tried Gnumeric and AbiWord, so that might be a good alternate choice.
And yes, better be careful with that Old Dragon;-)
That should run just fine. I have a P120 (okay, granted that's Intel, not Cyrix) with 32Meg RAM and I had it running Peanut Linux (version 8.4 - Looks like it's much more bloated now) for over a year without any problems. Of course I recompiled my kernel with just the bare essentials (takes about 2 to 3 hours) and used WindowMaker instead of KDE2.
For surfing just use Opera (or Lynx;-) ) and for email I can only recommend Sylpheed.
For the moment I ditched Peanut Linux, and went on with Vector Linux, but so far I didn't get X running (not that I tried very long).
I see you are one of the reviewers I mentioned. I have to admit that my experiences are very limited. These models tend to crash about once a month too, nasty stuff. RSOD... but well, we are used to that anyway from Windows;-)
(Funny reply... I'd mod you up, if I hadn't posted and had modpoints)
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I didn't say that I agree with the mentality of the french. But really don't think you can get anywhere just with English. It's not true...
If you didn't notce, I do speak english, so what's your point?
So you just enhance my point that there are stubborn idiots that refuse to be openminded about languages.
You are very wrong about "And in western europe and northern-america, you can expect anyone to talk English". You can expect it from the high-educated ones, not from the man on the street who will be the guy that sells you bread in the local shop.
Simple proof is Germany and France. Most of the "common people" speak only one language, even tough english is often taught at school. I have personally met people that had french at school (Flemish people) that don't want to talk it "because they are bad in it". I've got news for them: you learn a language by using it. As you probably know French and English are taught in Belgian schools, so for me they have no excuse. The same goes for frenchies that learnt English at school and don't want to talk it (for the same or other reasons)
We are accustomed to think that "English" is universal. It's not. There is not such a thing as a "local" world-language. Ever been in the US, and being severd by a hispanic person barely talking any english, then you'll see how skewed your view is. I speak five language fluently and I do meet people with whom it's nearly impossible to communicate.
Oh? And what is that "other" story then? If memory serves me right Luxembourg has been independent since 1831 (a year after Belgium). So take that back, Luxembourg *is* a country! It's not because it's small that it isn't one, because then to your standards The Netherlands couldn't be a country either: look at Germany, much bigger than The Netherlands. Historically Luxembourg would be more likely to be a Belgian of Netherlandish province anyway, or why do you think our flag looks like yours?
We are *not* Germans, and you caravan-carrying-hollandish-tourists should be lucky enough that we speak German to you, because if we really wanted we'd talk French (or Luxembourgish) instead and you'd be screwed! Ever been to a French camping in the summer? Well, I did, and the "oh 't is hier o gezellig" makes me sick. And above that you think that Heineken is good beer, pfff!
Now for your link between SES Astra located in the Chateau de Betzdorf, and RTL Group is definately not true. SES-Astra carries more than just the signals of RTL-related channels. SES-Astra was created in 1985 and the predecessors of RTL were around since 1917. While it is true that RTL is "Luxembourgish based" nowadays, I think that can be said about any big company that has many mergers behind it. Don't forget that RTL originated from CTL which definately is Luxembourgish. There are many reasons for media companies to settle in Luxembourg and most of them are monetary (Tax, Filmmaking is highly subsidized here,...) If you didn't know: the only TV channel that can uses just "RTL" as logo is "RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg", which is the native-luxembourgish-speaking channel, all others have a suffix (like 4, TVI, television).
Oh, tv series that are shown on RTL4 (like "Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden", oh, I hate that show), are often shot in Luxembourg. It's happened to me that I crossed one of the actors in Luxembourg city.
Nice points, I just don't trust insurances. They are always finding ways to weasle out of paying. Never noticed how many legal actions there are ove insurances not paying? That's why I prefer governemnt managed healthcare. Every system has it's advantages. It just means I pay for the healthcare of prostitutes too, and honestly, I don't mind. As long as I get my teatment when I'll be sick/have an accident.
It's all just a cultural thing.
Oh, boy you Americans are *sooo* screwed by now..... Sorry, just joking.
I do understand the concept and I don't think it is bad, however in Europe you don't get distinct classes for it. It's considered "general education" which is spread over many courses from histroy, geography, to languages (I've got my education about domestic politics mainly from my native language classes).
However this does not change the point that you forget these things quite fast, especially if you're not actively participating in the progress of lawmaking.
So I *do* agree that education about these things is *good*. But unless you revise and utilize these things at least every month you're bound to forget. Unless of course it is "drilled in" like religious fanatics drill youngsters... you know, citing the Bill of Rights like you see those Mullah-Wannabe-Kids citing the Koran on TV. And even then, you don't really "know", you just can "recite".
We can intercept them, yes. But can we do anything with the intercepted data? I don't think so because it is encyrpted -granted a small key- but that's good enough to kill off the amateur eavesdroppers. It's not like the analog crap of 10 years ago, that anyone with a scanner could listen to
For a case of syphilys (a few weeks/months antibiotica) she might get over it, but once she gets one of the nicer things like HIV, she is out of a job and has no alternatives.
However I want to point out a little flaw in your logic. When did you get your last "civic classes"? (We don't even have that over here in Europe) Well, for some of us here this might have been a long time ago. I don't even remember much of the Phyics and Chemestry from highschool and that stuff actually *interested me* (unlike History).
Here is an analogy: what you get in "civic classes" we usually get in History. While I don't surely didn't get the details of the code of laws in the United States, I can assure you I have completely seen how the European Union works, including the tiny horrible details you don't *want* to know. That was about 8 years ago. Today, I cannot give you more than a summary of what the EU is, nor can I tell you what the role of the European Parliament or the European Comission is. So I don't know, and yet I only saw these things eight years ago!
So tell me again? You expect every United State Citzen to remember everything they were thaught in every class they had in Highschool? I've got news for you: people forget!
Yes, that is exactly what I described. (The NT4 compressed folder) I was more wondering how the zip files were treated on Windows XP as it seems that they are not considered files anymore. So if I have a .zip file and mail it to a coworker running Windows XP, how will he see it? As a file or a folder or what?
Since I don't use XP, could you please elaborate the difference between "Compressed Folders" managed by the NTFS system (supported at least since NT4) and the integration of the zip format in Windows XP. As far as my understanding goes a compressed folder is just that: a folder and the data attached to is compressed. A different beast than a file that contains compressed data. .zip file and how does the receipient's XP machine reacts to such an incoming file?
I personally like to see that an archive is one single file. It helps me understand what the machines does, and I like it that way. What happens when people want to email such a compressed folder? Is it mailed as a
Well, for your info: this trick was in the documentation that came with the DOS version of PKZip. (Manual.doc if I recall correctly).
I have used it too, especially when making bootdisks. It really is nice to have the bootdisk create a RAMDrive and then unzip all the tools you need to that RAMDrive. Much more tools for the same amount of space. (Okay, now I use boot CD's but a bootdisk is still usefull once in a while)
No, the average person doesn't know zip.
I have to admit that I do know some very pretty girls in the IT sector (three spring to mind), but they are not very common. Of course we have to look at it from their side too: "The odds are good, but the goods are odd". I don't make an exception on that, because I'm not one of the odd ones ;-)
Thanks for the info, I'll definately try them on the P120.
There are some rare pearls....
Only most of the time pigs get them...
You scare me now. I tend to like those with blue hair, what does that say about me?
You list "Buffy" in the same league as B5, ST and TZ?!? You have been blinded by the cute chick, because honestly, none of the stories got me hooked.
Actually, not really. Things really went downhill when we allowed people to stop to think about how a computer works. How many of us have tried to explain the difference between memory and harddisk, to uninformed users. Actually, I despise the users that don't want to learn the basics: I'm supposed to learn the basics of their trade if I need to program stuff form them.
No, Windows was not the first step... It was allowing Windows to *exists*, that was the first step.
*sniff* I start to miss the old days....
Well, it can even play MP3's you know (while multitasking). With a tweaked version of mpg123 that defaults to joint-stereo. It also ran FreeCiv like a champ, and I even had it run Java. Now that last one was a bad idea, so don't do it! ;-)
One remark: unless you have better luck than me, don't try KOffice, nor OpenOffice. They are just unusable on such machines. I've never tried Gnumeric and AbiWord, so that might be a good alternate choice.
And yes, better be careful with that Old Dragon
For surfing just use Opera (or Lynx
For the moment I ditched Peanut Linux, and went on with Vector Linux, but so far I didn't get X running (not that I tried very long).
My old IBM PS/2 Model 50 does exactly that. Well, it did... Memory died a few years ago.
I see you are one of the reviewers I mentioned. I have to admit that my experiences are very limited. These models tend to crash about once a month too, nasty stuff. RSOD... but well, we are used to that anyway from Windows ;-)
(Funny reply... I'd mod you up, if I hadn't posted and had modpoints)