and of course- xchat. do NOT underestimate the power of IRC....and if you want to mod me down, I ask of you this: go sit in irc.debian.org #debian and lurk for an hour. For every person who gets/offers help, drop an icecube down your pants. when the hour is up, do one of 2 things: mod me down or make ball-flavored sno-cones and mod me up.
ok, since you're the third person who's said basically the same thing, let me clarify.
I don't think fast when I'm nervous. Interviews make me nervous. of course, I've only had 2 jobs in the field, both internships, so my view might be skewed.
Thinking fast when something breask is totally a different ballgame than thinking fast when having people staring at you laying judgement on you.
I never felt comfortable thinking that someone is going to base their entire view of me on a simple 2 hour interview.
of course, I've never been turned down for a job, either.
I hate replying to my own messages, but seeing as how someone modded me overrated, perhaps I should make myself more clear.
the Issue at hand was that sex.com was being unfairly treated due to it's name. However, if it was a large company(ford.com, walmart.com, disney.com, msnbc.com) you would bet that verisign would be held liable, and that these silly domain disputes would be taken seriously. I could easily see disney successfully suing verisign for breach of contract or negligence. I mean, look at molson, who almost successfully STOLE someone's domain BECAUSE they were a big business.
My point was that had it been someone with some political weight to throw around, they would have gotten it.
From my point of view, here's what verisign *could* be charged with
aren't you the clever one. perhaps you missed the message in my post. *pats parent poster on the head*
the problem is with neverwinter nights, and as of yet, it hasn't been ported to linux. so, while I apreciate your efforts, I'm sorry to inform you that that absolutely does not help the situation. their hardware/drivers just don't work for what I need.
small problem tho- the catalyst drivers are the ones that suck balls. the current ones are version 2.2 ati says on their site "um yeah, they suck balls, and so do the 2.1.... you'll have to use the ones before it" which use a different naming scheme just to add MORE fun to the already bullshit situation
bullshit- absolute and utter bullshit. I for the longest time, was an ATI supporter. They have by far, the most kickass integrated tv-tuner cards I've seen. I supported them when everyone else laughed at me. I supported them- until I bought neverwinter nights last weekend. They have NO DRIVER SUPPORT. they're response to 'your card won't work and continues to crash' was 'suck our balls. if you want to play, you have to use the 2-versions-past drivers.' Don't believe me? look up the all-in-wonder-radeon drivers on their site and look at the known issues section. That isn't acceptable to me. I bought a geforce4 mx440 yesterday, and it works great. First non-ati card I've bought. I hear that each time nvidia releases new detonator drivers, it improves ALL of their cards, including the older ones. so yeah, I felt the need to rant on that.
mod me down if it gives you your jollies, but just keep in mind your supporting a company that doesn't support you.
"if you outlaw spam, the only people with spam are outlaws..." er something. anyways, what I was going to say is ok, US outlaws spam. now what? sue korea as a whole? how about china? nigera?
laws don't mean shit. you need to go after the people making MONEY off spam, not the spammers. Most of them are US "businesses"....and I use the term 'business' loosely.
hey mister, this is slashdot! we won't put up with yer attitude! These are top notch editors with an eye for detail.
of COURSE taco could never make an eror.
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I think that the senator from peru(or wherever) made a good point when he said opensource SHOULD be mandated for gov't use to protect the government from attacks or espionage. we've all heard the rumors that microsoft has put in back door so the cia or nsa or whoever could get in, now imagine if you're a country who doesn't get along with the US(now or in the future)... all your gov't software has been backdoored and easily accessable by your enemy. with OSS, it can be reviewed(chances are that it won't be, but I like the option dammit).
That's why it should be mandated. if a CSS software company(MS) wants to join the fray, they can include a wimpy OSS clone of their program. And you're correct, it wouldn't be fair to microsoft. BUT, at that point, they would be putting out an inferior product. Screw NDAs and CSS. I write html a frickin day, and I'd gladly share my asp or php with anyone how would like a copy(minus the hackable stuff:)
I get the feeling that if microsoft wasn't a US company,they'd all feel differently. What if it was located in Iraq? Russia?(get the old cold war feeling going). Let's take china for example. Theoretically, if China was planning on attacking the US(viva la socialism), or something else along those lines, China would make sure it got rid of any 'threats' to my security... which they might would percieve as windows. if you were in their shoes, wouldn't you?
forgive my spelling, I just woke up.Random thoughs suck too.
this seems more like an excersise in thought than anything. this topic has generated quite a discussion, meaning us geeks aren't out mugging grandma out on the street.
it's a simple what if, the same as any kid would do.. "what if I was 100 feet tall?" "what if the earth stopped spinning?"
even if it was a completely bogus question, it's still got us thinking.
and I recall correctly, marvel comics has an entire line called "what if?"
this won't happen to microsft. I know everyone here secretly is hoping microsft is next, but lets face it- they make money hand over fist. look at their expenses:
cost of blank CD cost of 'manual' cost of support cost of people to write the code
the last one is the only real cost, and they make more than enough to cover it. I know, it sucks, and I hate microsoft just as much as everyone here, but fact of the matter is thery're not going anywhere soon. what was rehat's startup cost? microsoft has the cash to reinvent themselves ($40billion/(redhat startup cost)) times.
6. Catalog sales of music are up a little or at least steady. However hit sales are way, way down. The industry believes it to be because of burning. I was gonna say something similar...
oh, you forgot the preceeding 's' on 'hit'
the reason 'hit' sales are down is the same reason there was the great disco burn of 1979... "...the Chicago White Sox's notorious Disco Demolition Night in 1979. Fans were invited to burn disco records in the outfield of Comiskey Park and a riot nearly ensured. The White Sox forfeited the second game of the doubleheader."
I wasn't aiming it at musicians as a whole(I'm one as well). I was aiming it at/me flips through his random boyband initials generator... um... one of them.
there are plenty of different things you can do to be considered an artist. paint, write, etc... if you're creating, you're an artist. if you're rehashing in an unimaginative fashion, you're not.
*hint* if you're involved with lou pearlman...well... nm...
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oh, I'd imagine the photoshoppers are hard at work right now:)
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...and if you want to mod me down, I ask of you this:
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nmap
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and of course-
xchat.
do NOT underestimate the power of IRC.
go sit in irc.debian.org #debian and lurk for an hour. For every person who gets/offers help, drop an icecube down your pants.
when the hour is up, do one of 2 things: mod me down or make ball-flavored sno-cones and mod me up.
ok, since you're the third person who's said basically the same thing, let me clarify.
I don't think fast when I'm nervous.
Interviews make me nervous.
of course, I've only had 2 jobs in the field, both internships, so my view might be skewed.
Thinking fast when something breask is totally a different ballgame than thinking fast when having people staring at you laying judgement on you.
I never felt comfortable thinking that someone is going to base their entire view of me on a simple 2 hour interview.
of course, I've never been turned down for a job, either.
how many technical people do you know that are good at thinking on their feet?
I don't know about you but even the thought of someone doing that to me in an interview freaks me out.
the Issue at hand was that sex.com was being unfairly treated due to it's name. However, if it was a large company(ford.com, walmart.com, disney.com, msnbc.com) you would bet that verisign would be held liable, and that these silly domain disputes would be taken seriously. I could easily see disney successfully suing verisign for breach of contract or negligence. I mean, look at molson, who almost successfully STOLE someone's domain BECAUSE they were a big business.
My point was that had it been someone with some political weight to throw around, they would have gotten it.
From my point of view, here's what verisign *could* be charged with
there? NOW someone want to argue?
makes me wonder where this case would be if it was walmart.com... funny how other's morals override the letter of the law, huh?
aren't you the clever one. perhaps you missed the message in my post.
*pats parent poster on the head*
the problem is with neverwinter nights, and as of yet, it hasn't been ported to linux. so, while I apreciate your efforts, I'm sorry to inform you that that absolutely does not help the situation.
their hardware/drivers just don't work for what I need.
took your advice, spent the extra $50, and got a TI4200.
that's all circuit city had. oh well. that's what I get for wanting instant gratification.
small problem tho- the catalyst drivers are the ones that suck balls. the current ones are version 2.2 ati says on their site "um yeah, they suck balls, and so do the 2.1.... you'll have to use the ones before it" which use a different naming scheme just to add MORE fun to the already bullshit situation
bullshit- absolute and utter bullshit. I for the longest time, was an ATI supporter. They have by far, the most kickass integrated tv-tuner cards I've seen.
I supported them when everyone else laughed at me. I supported them- until I bought neverwinter nights last weekend. They have NO DRIVER SUPPORT. they're response to 'your card won't work and continues to crash' was 'suck our balls. if you want to play, you have to use the 2-versions-past drivers.' Don't believe me? look up the all-in-wonder-radeon drivers on their site and look at the known issues section. That isn't acceptable to me.
I bought a geforce4 mx440 yesterday, and it works great. First non-ati card I've bought. I hear that each time nvidia releases new detonator drivers, it improves ALL of their cards, including the older ones. so yeah, I felt the need to rant on that.
mod me down if it gives you your jollies, but just keep in mind your supporting a company that doesn't support you.
ok, my first line of thought when seeing this is, HOW do I combat it? seems like this would be a spammers dream tool.
of course, I'm probably just pessimistic.
"if you outlaw spam, the only people with spam are outlaws..." er something.
...and I use the term 'business' loosely.
anyways, what I was going to say is ok, US outlaws spam. now what? sue korea as a whole? how about china? nigera?
laws don't mean shit.
you need to go after the people making MONEY off spam, not the spammers. Most of them are US "businesses".
it's obvious where the cut came from...
they replaced all their workers with a very small shell script.
that explains scooby.
keep in mind this is a microsoft booth babe.
(it was either him or the goatse pic, just be glad I chose what I did!)
hey mister, this is slashdot! we won't put up with yer attitude! These are top notch editors with an eye for detail.
of COURSE taco could never make an eror.
I think that the senator from peru(or wherever) made a good point when he said opensource SHOULD be mandated for gov't use to protect the government from attacks or espionage. we've all heard the rumors that microsoft has put in back door so the cia or nsa or whoever could get in, now imagine if you're a country who doesn't get along with the US(now or in the future)... all your gov't software has been backdoored and easily accessable by your enemy. with OSS, it can be reviewed(chances are that it won't be, but I like the option dammit).
That's why it should be mandated. if a CSS software company(MS) wants to join the fray, they can include a wimpy OSS clone of their program.
And you're correct, it wouldn't be fair to microsoft. BUT, at that point, they would be putting out an inferior product. Screw NDAs and CSS. I write html a frickin day, and I'd gladly share my asp or php with anyone how would like a copy(minus the hackable stuff:)
I get the feeling that if microsoft wasn't a US company,they'd all feel differently. What if it was located in Iraq? Russia?(get the old cold war feeling going). Let's take china for example. Theoretically, if China was planning on attacking the US(viva la socialism), or something else along those lines, China would make sure it got rid of any 'threats' to my security... which they might would percieve as windows. if you were in their shoes, wouldn't you?
forgive my spelling, I just woke up.Random thoughs suck too.
this seems more like an excersise in thought than anything. this topic has generated quite a discussion, meaning us geeks aren't out mugging grandma out on the street.
it's a simple what if, the same as any kid would do..
"what if I was 100 feet tall?"
"what if the earth stopped spinning?"
even if it was a completely bogus question, it's still got us thinking.
and I recall correctly, marvel comics has an entire line called "what if?"
this won't happen to microsft.
I know everyone here secretly is hoping microsft is next, but lets face it- they make money hand over fist. look at their expenses:
cost of blank CD
cost of 'manual'
cost of support
cost of people to write the code
the last one is the only real cost, and they make more than enough to cover it. I know, it sucks, and I hate microsoft just as much as everyone here, but fact of the matter is thery're not going anywhere soon. what was rehat's startup cost? microsoft has the cash to reinvent themselves ($40billion/(redhat startup cost)) times.
who was in the white house with trickle down economics and deregulation?
regan/bush
from what I understand, deregulation from the 80's is what lead to this mess, but then again, IANAPSM
(I am not a poly-sci major)
must...not...comment... ...the US Govt steps in to support WorldCom customers if this finally takes WC down...
they're not TAKING them down, they're putting them down, like you put down a rabid dog...
(and no, they're not gonna use 'yo momma' jokes.)
6. Catalog sales of music are up a little or at least steady. However hit sales are way, way down. The industry believes it to be because of burning.
I was gonna say something similar...
oh, you forgot the preceeding 's' on 'hit'
the reason 'hit' sales are down is the same reason there was the great disco burn of 1979...
"...the Chicago White Sox's notorious Disco Demolition Night in 1979. Fans were invited to burn disco records in the outfield of Comiskey Park and a riot nearly ensured. The White Sox forfeited the second game of the doubleheader."
um, people just don't like the music.
except icecream. they always seem to have a 'baby' size.
I know this because my girlfriend is going through the 'I want a baby' phase and goes 'aaaaw' when she reads it.
/me beats poster of parent comment to death with a rubber chicken.
damn. I committed a crime with a rubber chicken...
clowns around the world are gonna be pissed.
(the above is a sample case. feel free to use it in the court case.)
I wasn't aiming it at musicians as a whole(I'm one as well). /me flips through his random boyband initials generator...
I was aiming it at
um... one of them.
there are plenty of different things you can do to be considered an artist. paint, write, etc... if you're creating, you're an artist. if you're rehashing in an unimaginative fashion, you're not.
*hint* if you're involved with lou pearlman...well... nm...