Case in point: Big Brother from 1984; it stopped crime, sure, but at what cost? The right to privacy for millions outweighs the right of hundreds to snoop around, even if that snooping could save lives.
Big Brother only stopped the suffering for those who were already dead on the inside and therefore incapable of human feeling. The only true humans of the book, the Proles, Winston Smith, and Julia faced excrutiating suffering. The proles live in poverty and were a form of slave labor; Winston and Julia were found breaking nothing that we would call a law (All that was happening was 2 single people were sleeping together) and tortured until their personalities, their humanity was completely destroyed. So among other things, we would have to be complete conformists for Big Brother to approve and then we could go about our mundane lives. Otherwise, prepare yourself to join the dead.
On another note, how many people are really familiar with 1984? Was O'Brien really a member of the Brotherhood, or was it merely a ploy to catch Winston?
First off, if you're going to reply, at least don't misquote me.
And this looks to me life a typical American example of racism.
My post was:
And this looks to me like a typical American example of racism
Second, you were maligning the American race. Is it typical for Americans to be greedy and stupid? Is it typical for Germans to be sadistic? Is it typical for Kosovar to kill one another? Is it typical for Italians to be mobsters? Shit, I can think of about a million stereotypes. But, I'm a typical stupid American, aren't I?
This looks to me like a typical American combination of personal greed and stupidity.
And this looks to me life a typical American example of racism. Except you're not American, are you?
A line has to be drawn somewhere. Companies cannot be allowed to go on forever sayings clearly untrue things, because no matter how many people are intelligent enough to see right through them, some people won't. I work in a computer store. Do you have any idea how many people believe that Win98 is actually faster and more stable that Win95? You don't want to know.
Yes, but he was referring to Microsoft's nasty habit changing the configuration of NT in ways most people outside of Microsoft didn't even know exist (Re: Mindcraft NT vs. Linux benchmarks)
MP3 quaility is also dependant on the quaility of the soundcard outputting the sound, as well as the patchcord used, something a few people fail to realize. I use a SB PCI128 and a fairly insulated patch cord to get from my computer to my Kenwoord VR209. 128bit MP3s sound close enough to CDs to be completely acceptable to me.:)
Get a Rio PMP300 (32MB) or PMP300SE (64MB). I managed to get the 32 meg model when there was still a $50 rebate on it. Paid a grand total of $119.95 after rebate. Thank god for no SDMI. Plus someday maybe it'll be a collector's item.:)
Nothing says that Microsoft even has to usea piece of commercially-available software. For that matter, they could be using a doctored-up copy of Linux/Apache. Have some of their programmers make it look like Nt. Keep changing the version that it says it is to keep us on our toes.
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I'm just guessing here, but the only way I can think of to get to 53 is to include Guam, Puerto Rico, and D.C. And, if you included Guam and Puerto Rico, wouldn't you have to include the U.S. Virgin Islands too?
I'm getting sick of this #%^$. Buncha money grabbing politicians we've got here. Too bad we can't vote No Confidence on the whole gov't. Maybe it's time to hold rallies in D.C. for Computer User's Rights.
To boldly go to pluto, where no man has gone before. Ok, that's great, but if I (as a US taxpayer) am paying for it, I want to know why.
The whole point of NASA is that we don't know whats out there. Maybe going to Pluto is a waste of time. The point is, we won't know until we actually go. For God's sake, man, people believed the moon was made of CHEESE until we actually went. We can't just sit back on Earth and hope to learn much about the universe.
The technology in question, including selectable resolution monitor systems and a system designed to boot from CD-ROM or tape, is basic to PC systems.
Unless I am forgetting my computer history lessons, Apple actually designed the first computers that could boot off of a CDROM (Quadra 66AV and 850AV). Could be wrong, but those machines predate PowerPC.
I can provide a web site, and some space to store the files in. If someone can send me the files in HTML format, I will put them up on a web server. I'd be willing to front all the space necessary for these type of essays.
BTW, make sure that the HTML code doesn't contain any specific references (I.E. don't make it point at a certain URL, unless it is off-server).
That I create a new super-strong, criminal, whatever crypto software in the US and say that I made it in Mexico, or Canada, or Japan, or any otehr country out of the reach of Big Brother. How would they go about proving I wrote it here? The burden of proof is on them, remember.
Wait, so does this mean there is no OpenGL implementation? I realize it's not very useful for anyone besides 3dfx owners at the moment, until DRI is finished, but still! Humph.
There is a GLide version of the game, so why would you want an OpenGL version? And, since there are no OpenGL drivers (That I am aware of) for Linux, we might as well wait for the DRI drivers. At least, IMHO.
Morally, wouldn't sending the artist like $5 for the songs you ripped off the CD be very good? It seems as though $5 would be a lot less than what they would get off of an album sale. But, unfortunately, this doesn't work legally, although it should. Supposedly, we pay for the cost of the CD, plus artist's royalties. Yeah, right!
Simple. Cyrix sucks. Their processors aren't very good. Personally, I have seen 25% of Cyrix chips we sell at our store go bad. You want to know how many bad K6-2s we get? 0%. We have never had to return an AMD chip, although we did have to return an Intel.:0
As far as your statement that the laws of supply and demand dictate which companies survive and which don't, that is true for bottom-feeders. But, not every person is a bottom-feeder. It's a lot easier to get someone on the phone from AMD than it is to get someone from Intel. We can order wholesale processors from AMD in much smaller quantities than we can from Intel. Personally, that kind of support and willingness to work with the small vendors is worth a lot to me.
Everybody knows that a wolfpack of Defiant-class cruisers can take out anything.:) If you don't believe me, play Star Trek: BOTF. I took out a Borg Cube using 27 Defiants with Elite crews. 3 seconds, 2 losses.:)
Ah yes, but you also have to figure in how much it is worth to you to keep chip prices reasonable. If AMD goes under, or is even not a contender anymore, Intel will have no reason to make their chips so cheap. Competition keeps prices low on both sides. If a company has no supporters it can't compete.
Lately their prices have been creeping up to the point where (at least in Oz) there is little or no cost saving in using AMD over Intel
I don't know about Oz, but here near the real world (Dayton, OH), AMD prices have been dropping pretty significantly. I work in a computer store, and we can get K6-2 400s in single unit quantities for $80/pc. Intel has finally decided that they have to compete with AMD dollar for dollar after all.
But, they won't win. All of my machines are powered by AMD K6-2s. Except for my Linux server, a PPro 180. It was given to me. I refuse to buy Intel chips, although I think that the PPro is extrememly powerful for the prices it still sells for.:)
May rest in the actions of the world during the rest of this year. I have never heard about more possible losses of privacy in such a short period of time in the years that I have been on the internet (6+). Are people really going to want to run an archaic operating system like Linux or *BSD? Now, I'm not knocking Linux or *BSD, I run RedHat 6.0 on all my computers, and run VMware on top of it to use IE4 and Outlook Express. But Linux isn't evolved to the point where it is as easy for a common person to use as Win98.
Or maybe I made the wrong statement. The future of the internet doesn't hinge on these events, since everyone will download a slightly older version of PGP (So we know it hasn't been tampered with) and sign/encrypt all messages with 2048bit keys. The correct statement is the future of *NIXs hinge on these events. Nothing would bring the evolution of Linux quicker than a public need/outcry for an operating system where nearly everything is encrypted and secured by the operating system. Plus, since Linux (Not necessairly *BSD) isn't owned by a corporation, the gov't can't force anyone to allow security holes. Even if Linus is forced to make changes to the kernel, all we would have to do is take the existing secure kernel code and have someone else work on it. The gov't can't stop information once it is disseminated to the masses.
That's a very interesting and valid point. They should also do a price/performance comparison on different e-mail servers, like Sendmail for Linux vs. Microsoft Exchange for Linux. Oh yeah, I forgot, Linux would win for sure, because MS Exchange ends up costing like $50 a person, where as Sendmail is free, as is the OS it runs on. Not that I'm saying NT is inferior or anything...:)
The only thing I am concerned with, since I build my own hardware, is are these speed improvements made by Caldera for Big Blue's special hardware going to be made with the sacrifice of speed for us grognards?
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Case in point: Big Brother from 1984; it stopped crime, sure, but at what cost? The right to privacy for millions outweighs the right of hundreds to snoop around, even if that snooping could save lives.
Big Brother only stopped the suffering for those who were already dead on the inside and therefore incapable of human feeling. The only true humans of the book, the Proles, Winston Smith, and Julia faced excrutiating suffering. The proles live in poverty and were a form of slave labor; Winston and Julia were found breaking nothing that we would call a law (All that was happening was 2 single people were sleeping together) and tortured until their personalities, their humanity was completely destroyed. So among other things, we would have to be complete conformists for Big Brother to approve and then we could go about our mundane lives. Otherwise, prepare yourself to join the dead.
On another note, how many people are really familiar with 1984? Was O'Brien really a member of the Brotherhood, or was it merely a ploy to catch Winston?
First off, if you're going to reply, at least don't misquote me.
And this looks to me life a typical American example of racism.
My post was:
And this looks to me like a typical American example of racism
Second, you were maligning the American race. Is it typical for Americans to be greedy and stupid? Is it typical for Germans to be sadistic? Is it typical for Kosovar to kill one another? Is it typical for Italians to be mobsters? Shit, I can think of about a million stereotypes. But, I'm a typical stupid American, aren't I?
This looks to me like a typical American combination of personal greed and stupidity.
And this looks to me life a typical American example of racism. Except you're not American, are you?
A line has to be drawn somewhere. Companies cannot be allowed to go on forever sayings clearly untrue things, because no matter how many people are intelligent enough to see right through them, some people won't. I work in a computer store. Do you have any idea how many people believe that Win98 is actually faster and more stable that Win95? You don't want to know.
Yes, but he was referring to Microsoft's nasty habit changing the configuration of NT in ways most people outside of Microsoft didn't even know exist (Re: Mindcraft NT vs. Linux benchmarks)
MP3 quaility is also dependant on the quaility of the soundcard outputting the sound, as well as the patchcord used, something a few people fail to realize. I use a SB PCI128 and a fairly insulated patch cord to get from my computer to my Kenwoord VR209. 128bit MP3s sound close enough to CDs to be completely acceptable to me. :)
Get a Rio PMP300 (32MB) or PMP300SE (64MB). I managed to get the 32 meg model when there was still a $50 rebate on it. Paid a grand total of $119.95 after rebate. Thank god for no SDMI. Plus someday maybe it'll be a collector's item. :)
Have you ever watched South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut? :)
Just a little something to get mad aboot.
Nothing says that Microsoft even has to usea piece of commercially-available software. For that matter, they could be using a doctored-up copy of Linux/Apache. Have some of their programmers make it look like Nt. Keep changing the version that it says it is to keep us on our toes.
Terry
I'm just guessing here, but the only way I can think of to get to 53 is to include Guam, Puerto Rico, and D.C. And, if you included Guam and Puerto Rico, wouldn't you have to include the U.S. Virgin Islands too?
I'm getting sick of this #%^$. Buncha money grabbing politicians we've got here. Too bad we can't vote No Confidence on the whole gov't. Maybe it's time to hold rallies in D.C. for Computer User's Rights.
To boldly go to pluto, where no man has gone before. Ok, that's great, but if I (as a US taxpayer) am paying for it, I want to know why.
The whole point of NASA is that we don't know whats out there. Maybe going to Pluto is a waste of time. The point is, we won't know until we actually go. For God's sake, man, people believed the moon was made of CHEESE until we actually went. We can't just sit back on Earth and hope to learn much about the universe.
The technology in question, including selectable resolution monitor systems and a system designed to boot from CD-ROM or tape, is basic to PC systems.
Unless I am forgetting my computer history lessons, Apple actually designed the first computers that could boot off of a CDROM (Quadra 66AV and 850AV). Could be wrong, but those machines predate PowerPC.
I can provide a web site, and some space to store the files in. If someone can send me the files in HTML format, I will put them up on a web server. I'd be willing to front all the space necessary for these type of essays.
BTW, make sure that the HTML code doesn't contain any specific references (I.E. don't make it point at a certain URL, unless it is off-server).
That I create a new super-strong, criminal, whatever crypto software in the US and say that I made it in Mexico, or Canada, or Japan, or any otehr country out of the reach of Big Brother. How would they go about proving I wrote it here? The burden of proof is on them, remember.
Wait, so does this mean there is no OpenGL implementation? I realize it's not very useful for anyone besides 3dfx owners at the moment, until DRI is finished, but still! Humph.
There is a GLide version of the game, so why would you want an OpenGL version? And, since there are no OpenGL drivers (That I am aware of) for Linux, we might as well wait for the DRI drivers. At least, IMHO.
I'll promise you this: the day my ISP stops providing NNTP services is the day I find a new ISP.
Morally, wouldn't sending the artist like $5 for the songs you ripped off the CD be very good? It seems as though $5 would be a lot less than what they would get off of an album sale. But, unfortunately, this doesn't work legally, although it should. Supposedly, we pay for the cost of the CD, plus artist's royalties. Yeah, right!
Simple. Cyrix sucks. Their processors aren't very good. Personally, I have seen 25% of Cyrix chips we sell at our store go bad. You want to know how many bad K6-2s we get? 0%. We have never had to return an AMD chip, although we did have to return an Intel. :0
As far as your statement that the laws of supply and demand dictate which companies survive and which don't, that is true for bottom-feeders. But, not every person is a bottom-feeder. It's a lot easier to get someone on the phone from AMD than it is to get someone from Intel. We can order wholesale processors from AMD in much smaller quantities than we can from Intel. Personally, that kind of support and willingness to work with the small vendors is worth a lot to me.
Everybody knows that a wolfpack of Defiant-class cruisers can take out anything. :) If you don't believe me, play Star Trek: BOTF. I took out a Borg Cube using 27 Defiants with Elite crews. 3 seconds, 2 losses. :)
Ah yes, but you also have to figure in how much it is worth to you to keep chip prices reasonable. If AMD goes under, or is even not a contender anymore, Intel will have no reason to make their chips so cheap. Competition keeps prices low on both sides. If a company has no supporters it can't compete.
Lately their prices have been creeping up to the point where (at least in Oz) there is little or no cost saving in using AMD over Intel
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I don't know about Oz, but here near the real world (Dayton, OH), AMD prices have been dropping pretty significantly. I work in a computer store, and we can get K6-2 400s in single unit quantities for $80/pc. Intel has finally decided that they have to compete with AMD dollar for dollar after all.
But, they won't win. All of my machines are powered by AMD K6-2s. Except for my Linux server, a PPro 180. It was given to me. I refuse to buy Intel chips, although I think that the PPro is extrememly powerful for the prices it still sells for.
May rest in the actions of the world during the rest of this year. I have never heard about more possible losses of privacy in such a short period of time in the years that I have been on the internet (6+). Are people really going to want to run an archaic operating system like Linux or *BSD? Now, I'm not knocking Linux or *BSD, I run RedHat 6.0 on all my computers, and run VMware on top of it to use IE4 and Outlook Express. But Linux isn't evolved to the point where it is as easy for a common person to use as Win98.
Or maybe I made the wrong statement. The future of the internet doesn't hinge on these events, since everyone will download a slightly older version of PGP (So we know it hasn't been tampered with) and sign/encrypt all messages with 2048bit keys. The correct statement is the future of *NIXs hinge on these events. Nothing would bring the evolution of Linux quicker than a public need/outcry for an operating system where nearly everything is encrypted and secured by the operating system. Plus, since Linux (Not necessairly *BSD) isn't owned by a corporation, the gov't can't force anyone to allow security holes. Even if Linus is forced to make changes to the kernel, all we would have to do is take the existing secure kernel code and have someone else work on it. The gov't can't stop information once it is disseminated to the masses.
That's a very interesting and valid point. They should also do a price/performance comparison on different e-mail servers, like Sendmail for Linux vs. Microsoft Exchange for Linux. Oh yeah, I forgot, Linux would win for sure, because MS Exchange ends up costing like $50 a person, where as Sendmail is free, as is the OS it runs on. Not that I'm saying NT is inferior or anything... :)
The only thing I am concerned with, since I build my own hardware, is are these speed improvements made by Caldera for Big Blue's special hardware going to be made with the sacrifice of speed for us grognards?
By any chance, were you playing in easy mode? The AI becomes much more adaptable on the harder levels of difficulty.