wow thats odd - I thought the side is not
supposed to be modified for national stuff.
Or can you use *half* of the side:) - will
have to check the spec.
As far as I know all of the eight different
Euro/Cent coins for the Netherlands have the
portrait of Beatrix and the words "Betrix Koningin
der Nederlanden" on it (which is pathetic in its
own way, but doesnt mention god).
The US always look a lot like, say Iran, with
their President constantly talking about "god bless America", little lines like "in god we trust" on your coins, laughable discussions about the "scientific validity" of creationism et cetera.
But then again, its not funny, its frightening, like so much other things about the US.
it would of course be better if many of you
simply send an inquiry to IBM (or any other
notebook seller), asking with which Linux
distros the hardware will work and if it is
available without a preinstalled MS OS.
Instead of silently deleting the MS OS from
the harddisk, struggling with finding the
correct drivers on your own and then lamenting
about bad support of hardware companies, let
them *know* there is a need.
If there is no need, or they dont realize that
there is one, why should they ever bother?
I just browsed IBMs list of Notebooks and here
is an example of the spec sheet for the
ThinkPad R31 Series:
"Tested operating systems:Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows Millennium (Japan), Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows Millennium"
"Other lRecommendation:
IBM PCs use genuine Microsoft® Windows®
www.microsoft.com/piracy/howtotell"
Or for the ThinkPad A31:
"Tested operating systems: Operating system provided:Microsoft Windows XP Professional".
Nothing else...
Linux not even tested, and they send you to
MS' piracy page.
So even if they dont want to sell with Linux
preinstalled they could at least inform
whether some Linux distros will work with
the hardware or not. And they do not really
need to recommend MS Windows. Ah well...
try following their download link? does the
download counter change? no.
Do they show download mirror links? No.
Try submitting a user review. Wait.
Does it appear
at their download page? No.
It seems CNET basically sucks bigtime.
Its the thing that pisses me off most that they are not capable to get Sun to contribute binaries for 2.6 and 8. But maybe that is just Sun's way of telling us to finally give up Solaris entirely and switch to Linux...
one big advantage over Mozilla/Netscape is that
Opera is so easily available for so many platforms.
Mozilla just makes available Win32, Linux and
Mac builds and unless somebody contributes,
thats the end of the story. Netscape offers
support for some non win/linux/mac platforms
only through partners' sites - e.g. for the Solaris
version you have to register with Sun and then
you still dont get a 2.6 version.
I dont understand the fuss. There are so many better providers of freemail around (bigger space, faster, pop) which do not use such an offensive way to deal with customers. So just delete your account, tell MS to delete your private data and use another freemailer.
This is about a stupid law system in the US where
the rich can intimidate the not so rich or the poor
by threatening them with an expensive lawsuit.
You people in the US live in a truely capitalist
system: money will buy you everything, including
justice. Without money you are a dumb asshole
who doesnt deserve to even whine about these
kinds of things. I have heard that this is the
most advanced and
civilized system (some just call it "good" as
opposed to "evil") in the world and the rest of
the world is already looking forward to adopting
it. Some of us will need a little force in the
process but in the end we will all be happy and
glad.
You are living in a country that has "in god we
trust" on every coin (not sure if this even the
case in e.g. Iran), and the president's political
categories are "good" and "evil".
Ah yes, and communism was, is, and always will
be "evil".
Interesting court system the most civilized country on earth has. Tailor made for people who have money to spend. Who cares about people who don't? Lets
face it: they suck, they are loosers! Why should they have a right to get a fair judjement when they can't even raise a few thousand dollars?
Uncivilized countries all over the rest of the world have still to learn from this...
well as far as i rember it was a 6 digit
number, but columns 73 to 80 where reserved and
unused by the compiler. Maybe two of these
columns were reserved for future use or something.
Or maybe it was an 8 digit number:)
yes that brings back the memories. But I wonder
why all those people tell the tale of dropped
cards messing up your program? Forgot the
6 digit line numbers that usually were
placed in column 73 to 80? Just put the pile
into mechanical sorter and after some rattling
you have your program.
The nice thing is that many online editors
later still had the feature of "automatic
line numbering", automatically putting
line numbers in columns 73 to 80.
BTW can emacs do this?:)
it makes me sick to read the attitude that many, if not a majority of posters here have towards this incident. i feel ashamed of how you people go on and on and come up with new ideas how to "punish" this man, just because Neil was arrogant enough to make a big fuss about it and bother the rest of the word, instead of silently deleting a piece of email.
I feel ashamed of what character or lack of character a big number of people are showing here.
its amazing how many people here join the crowd and obviously get a big boost in self-esteem making fun or even getting aggressive towards BS. This guy might be a moron or be mentally retarded. But honestly, the attitude of the people here kicking somebody already on the floor is worse ("oh yeah lets all send him mail bombs" -- jeez). Neil obviously has a lot of time to waste doing his statistics on his spam, sending endless emails and letting the world know of all that. I wish he had just pressed "delete" twice.
There is nothing more moronic than wasting time with morons and complaining about it.
quite amazing: that rediculous claim of doing something that has been proven impossible many years ago not only got them into slashdot, but also into the computer column of my local austrian newspaper (sigh). even more amazing: the number of people posting their own wonderful algorithms for compressing random data here. most amazing: i waste my time bothering.
if their website is an indication for the quality of their compression algorithm i wouldnt invest a single penny. Resizing my browser window and only working with flash. i am so tired of that bullshit.
Slashdot Mirror
obviously you have been successfully brainwashed.
wow thats odd - I thought the side is not supposed to be modified for national stuff. Or can you use *half* of the side :) - will
have to check the spec.
As far as I know all of the eight different Euro/Cent coins for the Netherlands have the portrait of Beatrix and the words "Betrix Koningin der Nederlanden" on it (which is pathetic in its own way, but doesnt mention god).
The US always look a lot like, say Iran, with their President constantly talking about "god bless America", little lines like "in god we trust" on your coins, laughable discussions about the "scientific validity" of creationism et cetera. But then again, its not funny, its frightening, like so much other things about the US.
it would of course be better if many of you simply send an inquiry to IBM (or any other notebook seller), asking with which Linux distros the hardware will work and if it is available without a preinstalled MS OS. Instead of silently deleting the MS OS from the harddisk, struggling with finding the correct drivers on your own and then lamenting about bad support of hardware companies, let them *know* there is a need. If there is no need, or they dont realize that there is one, why should they ever bother?
"Tested operating systems:Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows Millennium (Japan), Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows Millennium"
"Other lRecommendation: IBM PCs use genuine Microsoft® Windows® www.microsoft.com/piracy/howtotell"
Or for the ThinkPad A31: "Tested operating systems: Operating system provided:Microsoft Windows XP Professional". Nothing else ...
Linux not even tested, and they send you to MS' piracy page.
So even if they dont want to sell with Linux preinstalled they could at least inform whether some Linux distros will work with the hardware or not. And they do not really need to recommend MS Windows. Ah well ...
you very likely dont teach math.
Why shouldnt it render your friends list?
try following their download link? does the download counter change? no. Do they show download mirror links? No. Try submitting a user review. Wait. Does it appear at their download page? No. It seems CNET basically sucks bigtime.
Its the thing that pisses me off most that they
are not capable to get Sun to contribute
binaries for 2.6 and 8. But maybe that is just
Sun's way of telling us to finally give up
Solaris entirely and switch to Linux...
one big advantage over Mozilla/Netscape is that Opera is so easily available for so many platforms. Mozilla just makes available Win32, Linux and Mac builds and unless somebody contributes, thats the end of the story. Netscape offers support for some non win/linux/mac platforms only through partners' sites - e.g. for the Solaris version you have to register with Sun and then you still dont get a 2.6 version.
I dont understand the fuss. There are so many
better providers of freemail around (bigger space,
faster, pop) which do not use such an offensive
way to deal with customers. So just delete your
account, tell MS to delete your private
data and use another freemailer.
Little living things on my keyboard, how disgusting! Give me a break.
This is about a stupid law system in the US where the rich can intimidate the not so rich or the poor by threatening them with an expensive lawsuit. You people in the US live in a truely capitalist system: money will buy you everything, including justice. Without money you are a dumb asshole who doesnt deserve to even whine about these kinds of things. I have heard that this is the most advanced and civilized system (some just call it "good" as opposed to "evil") in the world and the rest of the world is already looking forward to adopting it. Some of us will need a little force in the process but in the end we will all be happy and glad.
some dumb moderator obviously didn't get the humor in it ...
You are living in a country that has "in god we trust" on every coin (not sure if this even the case in e.g. Iran), and the president's political categories are "good" and "evil". Ah yes, and communism was, is, and always will be "evil".
Interesting court system the most civilized country on earth has. Tailor made for people who have money to spend. Who cares about people who don't? Lets face it: they suck, they are loosers! Why should they have a right to get a fair judjement when they can't even raise a few thousand dollars? Uncivilized countries all over the rest of the world have still to learn from this ...
well as far as i rember it was a 6 digit number, but columns 73 to 80 where reserved and unused by the compiler. Maybe two of these columns were reserved for future use or something. Or maybe it was an 8 digit number :)
yes that brings back the memories. But I wonder why all those people tell the tale of dropped cards messing up your program? Forgot the 6 digit line numbers that usually were placed in column 73 to 80? Just put the pile into mechanical sorter and after some rattling you have your program. The nice thing is that many online editors later still had the feature of "automatic line numbering", automatically putting line numbers in columns 73 to 80. BTW can emacs do this? :)
Letters from the BSA are handled like other SPAM: silently deleted. This bullshit is not even worth getting angry about.
it makes me sick to read the attitude that many, if not a majority of posters here have towards this incident. i feel ashamed of how you people go on and on and come up with new ideas how to "punish" this man, just because Neil was arrogant enough to make a big fuss about it and bother the rest of the word, instead of silently deleting a piece of email. I feel ashamed of what character or lack of character a big number of people are showing here.
its amazing how many people here join the crowd and obviously get a big boost in self-esteem making fun or even getting aggressive towards BS. This guy might be a moron or be mentally retarded. But honestly, the attitude of the people here kicking somebody already on the floor is worse ("oh yeah lets all send him mail bombs" -- jeez). Neil obviously has a lot of time to waste doing his statistics on his spam, sending endless emails and letting the world know of all that. I wish he had just pressed "delete" twice. There is nothing more moronic than wasting time with morons and complaining about it.
postings to this topics are so redundnant that a compression rate of about 1:800 should be easily achievable.
quite amazing: that rediculous claim of doing something that has been proven impossible many years ago not only got them into slashdot, but also into the computer column of my local austrian newspaper (sigh). even more amazing: the number of people posting their own wonderful algorithms for compressing random data here. most amazing: i waste my time bothering.
if their website is an indication for the quality of their compression algorithm i wouldnt invest a single penny. Resizing my browser window and only working with flash. i am so tired of that bullshit.