Why buy a new PC when it's only moderately more powerful than the PC sitting on my desk since 2009? The best thing I ever did was drop SSDs in all of my PCs and laptops. Except for my game machine, which I keep bleeding edge since I have nothing better to do, my PCs are aging - 2007 to 2011. I have the memory maxed out and SSDs but I don't think a new processor makes much sense right now in a machine I use for checking email, surfing and looking at pictures. I have no plans to upgrade anything any time soon (except, uh, that game machine I was talking about).
The thing I love about SuSE is that almost everything else I'll ever need is already there. Mozilla, GAIM, XTERM, XMMS, Gimp, GQ View, etc. It's just a matter of moving all my data back over.
I know that Microsoft kindly lets people use True Type fonts for free (I use some on my Linux system) but is this a case where Microsoft can suddenly say that it's no longer free to use and in order for the government to create official documents they must use Microsoft products?
> Is this a precursor to DRM in scanners, CD drives, and output devices?
I fear that it is indeed. Scanners checking for copyrighted content, CD drives refusing to copy CDs (or whatever DVD format takes over) or even burn MPEGs that contain copyrighted video and the next version of Windows will contact the FBI and CIA automatically if you type the words terrorist, airplane or bomb. I know it sounds paranoid, but it is happening.
I feel some comfort that I use Linux and I know that although I may not be able to pay attention to every piece of code that gets compiled, I know that there are a hell of a lot more poeple seeing it and someone's going to see and hopefully prevent this kind of big brother code from spying on my every keystroke.
How long before they introduce an "undocumented feature" that prevents you from scanning a page from a book because it's copyrighted? Or scanning a picture from a magazine? This seems like the first step down a long, dark and dangerous road. If I used Windows and had actually paid for Photoshop I would seriously consider demanding a refund from Adobe for including this without telling me it was there.
Personally, I am thankful that NVidia writes a Linux driver that takes advantage of the $399 video card I bought from them. I specifically bought an NVidia for the support of Linux. If there was an open source option that was as effective as the NVidia version I'd certianly go for it, but I'm not going to run my high end video card in framebuffer mode.
If my radio is off, will the billboard be disabled? I listen to Public Radio more than anything else, does that mean I see buildings for pledge drives all over?
Never having seen the original series, I watched the new Battlestar Galactica with no bias. I wasn't impressed and wouldn't watch a BG series. I found the characters dull and unlikable. I couldn't have cared less if they lived or died. The only one I liked in the least was the President. There seemed to be a glimmer of depth to her. The Chief seemed more concerned about the eighty five people who died in the fire than the billions who died on the colonies. Commander seemed like he'd rather be taking a nap. The whole lot of them need to lay off the aphrodisiacs. They're all way too horny.
The cinematography was terrible. The random zooming was distracting and unnecessary and the camera floating around in a circle was overused to an extreme. The music was underused and forgettable.
What's with the Cylons anyway? I would have been interested to learn more about them. Why are they so hell bent on destroying humanity? Didn't anyone program these things with a "I'm your daddy, don't kill me" safety? Why would beings of (assumed) pure logic even care about killing the people who created them? Maybe these questions were covered in the series, I don't know. A little more background on the Cylons would have made the mini-series more interesting.
Special effects were good. Got to say something nice.
Six months before it's released, they'll change the name to Windows 2006 or whatever and all of the bad press goes away. Sheep consumers hear Windows 2006 and think, "Well, it's not that Longhorn version I've heard so many bad things about, so it must be okay." They buy it up because they're too scared to try anything else even though the new EULA says that MS can turn on your webcam and watch you any time they want.
I used to use PowerQuest Drive Image and Partition Magic back in my Windows days, and they were good, solid products. I haven't used the latest versions since I don't use Windows anymore, but I hear that they've gone to Product Activation. If that's true, I personally wouldn't buy any more of their stuff, but that's a judgement call I guess.
SuSE Puts out the best distro of Linux (IMHO) and my kneejerk reaction is sheer horror. I know that's not logical, but anything that might change the direction of the company scares me. I just installed SuSE 9 over the weekend and it's a wonderful product. My selfish desire is for SuSE to be left alone and to continue to produce and improve SuSE Linux. I don't want to have to change distros again!
But it's not on my desktop. I'd buy Red Hat (and do for my company) for any server, but on my desktop at home I moved to SuSE 8.0 and have never been happier. SuSE Is easy to install and configure and it broke me of Windows once and for all. I appreciate what Red Hat is trying to do, but they should spend their efforts on attacking the enemy and not shooting at the same people they're supposed to be fighting with. Dissension in the ranks is not a good sign.
Everyone keeps complaining that they like SuSE (or any other distro for that matter), but it doesn't do this one little thing they like, so screw it. Christ, people. It's LINUX, you can make it do whatever you want to. Apparently, Windows is so popular because it just won't let you change some things. Here's an OS that lets you do whatever you want and people still complain. Too lazy to make these changes themselves, but never too lazy to bitch and complain about them to anyone who'll listen.
I've been running SuSE 8.0 on my home machine for three weeks now as my only operating system. Sure, there were some things that didn't work or I didn't like out of the box, but with a little time and effort, it suits me perfectly now. If you can't handle an OS that gives you the freedom to do whatever you want to do because someone else didn't do it for you, then load Windows and shut up. I realize that Linux isn't for everyone and not everyone has the time to sit down and learn the difference between/etc and a hole in the ground, but Windows is a perfectly fine operating system for those people.
My DirecTivo downloads it's program data from the satellite, but still uses the modem to download software updates, verify my account, report my viewing habits and download the showcases and the like from Tivo. I would imagine that the cable would be the same, so it's not likely that you'll be disconnecting your phone line...
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Why buy a new PC when it's only moderately more powerful than the PC sitting on my desk since 2009? The best thing I ever did was drop SSDs in all of my PCs and laptops. Except for my game machine, which I keep bleeding edge since I have nothing better to do, my PCs are aging - 2007 to 2011. I have the memory maxed out and SSDs but I don't think a new processor makes much sense right now in a machine I use for checking email, surfing and looking at pictures. I have no plans to upgrade anything any time soon (except, uh, that game machine I was talking about).
Stop being so Linuxy.
SuSE Linux 9.0 Professional
1. Opera 7.x
2. StarOffice
The thing I love about SuSE is that almost everything else I'll ever need is already there. Mozilla, GAIM, XTERM, XMMS, Gimp, GQ View, etc. It's just a matter of moving all my data back over.
I know that Microsoft kindly lets people use True Type fonts for free (I use some on my Linux system) but is this a case where Microsoft can suddenly say that it's no longer free to use and in order for the government to create official documents they must use Microsoft products?
> Is this a precursor to DRM in scanners, CD drives, and output devices?
I fear that it is indeed. Scanners checking for copyrighted content, CD drives refusing to copy CDs (or whatever DVD format takes over) or even burn MPEGs that contain copyrighted video and the next version of Windows will contact the FBI and CIA automatically if you type the words terrorist, airplane or bomb. I know it sounds paranoid, but it is happening.
I feel some comfort that I use Linux and I know that although I may not be able to pay attention to every piece of code that gets compiled, I know that there are a hell of a lot more poeple seeing it and someone's going to see and hopefully prevent this kind of big brother code from spying on my every keystroke.
How long before they introduce an "undocumented feature" that prevents you from scanning a page from a book because it's copyrighted? Or scanning a picture from a magazine? This seems like the first step down a long, dark and dangerous road. If I used Windows and had actually paid for Photoshop I would seriously consider demanding a refund from Adobe for including this without telling me it was there.
Personally, I am thankful that NVidia writes a Linux driver that takes advantage of the $399 video card I bought from them. I specifically bought an NVidia for the support of Linux. If there was an open source option that was as effective as the NVidia version I'd certianly go for it, but I'm not going to run my high end video card in framebuffer mode.
If my radio is off, will the billboard be disabled? I listen to Public Radio more than anything else, does that mean I see buildings for pledge drives all over?
Never having seen the original series, I watched the new Battlestar Galactica with no bias. I wasn't impressed and wouldn't watch a BG series. I found the characters dull and unlikable. I couldn't have cared less if they lived or died. The only one I liked in the least was the President. There seemed to be a glimmer of depth to her. The Chief seemed more concerned about the eighty five people who died in the fire than the billions who died on the colonies. Commander seemed like he'd rather be taking a nap. The whole lot of them need to lay off the aphrodisiacs. They're all way too horny.
The cinematography was terrible. The random zooming was distracting and unnecessary and the camera floating around in a circle was overused to an extreme. The music was underused and forgettable.
What's with the Cylons anyway? I would have been interested to learn more about them. Why are they so hell bent on destroying humanity? Didn't anyone program these things with a "I'm your daddy, don't kill me" safety? Why would beings of (assumed) pure logic even care about killing the people who created them? Maybe these questions were covered in the series, I don't know. A little more background on the Cylons would have made the mini-series more interesting.
Special effects were good. Got to say something nice.
Just my two cents.
Six months before it's released, they'll change the name to Windows 2006 or whatever and all of the bad press goes away. Sheep consumers hear Windows 2006 and think, "Well, it's not that Longhorn version I've heard so many bad things about, so it must be okay." They buy it up because they're too scared to try anything else even though the new EULA says that MS can turn on your webcam and watch you any time they want.
I used to use PowerQuest Drive Image and Partition Magic back in my Windows days, and they were good, solid products. I haven't used the latest versions since I don't use Windows anymore, but I hear that they've gone to Product Activation. If that's true, I personally wouldn't buy any more of their stuff, but that's a judgement call I guess.
How long could we go without the sun? Say it just fizzled out, how long before we become an ice cube? Could science react and save mankind?
SuSE Puts out the best distro of Linux (IMHO) and my kneejerk reaction is sheer horror. I know that's not logical, but anything that might change the direction of the company scares me. I just installed SuSE 9 over the weekend and it's a wonderful product. My selfish desire is for SuSE to be left alone and to continue to produce and improve SuSE Linux. I don't want to have to change distros again!
I use SuSE.
Although I do it anyway, most tapes and CDs will melt inside a firesafe in a fire.
But it's not on my desktop. I'd buy Red Hat (and do for my company) for any server, but on my desktop at home I moved to SuSE 8.0 and have never been happier. SuSE Is easy to install and configure and it broke me of Windows once and for all. I appreciate what Red Hat is trying to do, but they should spend their efforts on attacking the enemy and not shooting at the same people they're supposed to be fighting with. Dissension in the ranks is not a good sign.
Everyone keeps complaining that they like SuSE (or any other distro for that matter), but it doesn't do this one little thing they like, so screw it. Christ, people. It's LINUX, you can make it do whatever you want to. Apparently, Windows is so popular because it just won't let you change some things. Here's an OS that lets you do whatever you want and people still complain. Too lazy to make these changes themselves, but never too lazy to bitch and complain about them to anyone who'll listen. I've been running SuSE 8.0 on my home machine for three weeks now as my only operating system. Sure, there were some things that didn't work or I didn't like out of the box, but with a little time and effort, it suits me perfectly now. If you can't handle an OS that gives you the freedom to do whatever you want to do because someone else didn't do it for you, then load Windows and shut up. I realize that Linux isn't for everyone and not everyone has the time to sit down and learn the difference between /etc and a hole in the ground, but Windows is a perfectly fine operating system for those people.
...outweighs the good of the few. Or the one... -JCD
My DirecTivo downloads it's program data from the satellite, but still uses the modem to download software updates, verify my account, report my viewing habits and download the showcases and the like from Tivo. I would imagine that the cable would be the same, so it's not likely that you'll be disconnecting your phone line...