Of Course Cmdr Taco gets a million pieces of spam
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Spam Doesn't Work?
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Everytime I have to "register" to download something, what e.mail address do you think I use?;-)
Note, this is just a joke, I don't really use his e.mail address for such purposes, that would be wrong. Instead, I merely forward all *my* spam to him.
I want to like Linux..I really do, but I can't use it because so much of my hardware is either not supported, or so damn difficult to install/configure/rebuild kernel/etc. that it's pointless.
I mean it's one thing if Linux was all we had to choose from, but it's not, and frankly, why choose something that doesn't work as well as the competition? That's just being bullheaded.
Case in point: I was a hard-core BeOS user because it *was* better than the competition. Until it was superceeded and could no longer *do the things I needed it to do*, and so then I switched.
Linux will always and forever play catch-up with the other OSes out there as long as it is content to emulate everyone else's, ah..."innovations".
The squabbling amongst themselves doesn't help either. Imagine what the Linux camp could achieve if *all* of the commercial Linux distro companies banded together, put out one unified distro, and then concentrated like crazy to make it work and be superior (not just different) to the competition....
Hollyweird has gotten so bad these days, that you can *practically* guarantee that anything with a number behind it will suck big time.
Nonetheless I was surprised when a sequel to MIB was announced (I didn't feel it needed one, but you know how Hollywood is..if the 1st made even a smidgen of money, sequel it!) and even more so that it didn't pick up where the last one left off (with Linda F. has Will's new partner).
So, I go see the film with reservations, and I was pleasantly surprised.
Sure, the film takes itself even less seriously than the last one, but it does expand more on the aliens and esp. the worm guys. It's funny, without degenerating into slapstick or schlock.
I think what helped that was having the same director for both.
In any case it's *certainly* better than other current sci-fi offerings currently playing at the theatres.
I hope the MS booth persons have bullet-proof vests.
It wouldn't surprise me in the least if some of the more, ah, vocal *nix folks get that hostile. Esp. if the MS booth is there to spread FUD....
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Minority Report
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And I *know* I'll get modded down as a Troll (I've noticed that anyone who disagrees with the main author with respect to movies get's modded as a troll) but that movie blew chunks.
*SPOILER ALERT*
For starters, in order for the pre-cogs to have seen Tom Cruise's character commit murder, he'd have to have been set up *in advance*, and the person doing the set-up (Max von Sydow I presume) *would have to know **in advance** that Tom would go snooping around old muder files*, in effect, Max von Sydow would have to be a pre-cog himself, which obviously he isn't, and therefore the *entire* premise of the movie is invalidated.
Next: The pre-cogs, we are told again and again, starting from childhood and going from there, that they can only see murders, yet when in the mall, she sees every little thing, like the oriental woman having an affair, when to hide from the cops, etc etc etc...
And although the pre-cogs are "apparently" never wrong (although they do see things slightly differently) they didn't see Max von Sydow kill himself...ooops.
In short, poorly written, very poorly written. It's as bad as Swordfish was (that had *no* plot...which is worse than a bad plot, no plot whatsoever)
Looks like a very small set of video cards and dvd players it supports. Also, in bold print on their web page says something to the effect of "only for corp. use"...hardly as easy as the MS offerings.
I think this deal is *terrible*. Case in point: Both HP and Compaq make:
(1) Laptops (bad ones at that) (2) Desktops (worse than their laptops) (3) Servers (no opinion) (4) Printers (used to kick butt, now I'm not so sure)
So, with the merger going through, what divisions/departments get slashed?
In my *uninformed, casual opinion* there is too much overlap of products and services, never a good sign. There will be chainsaw-like cuts throughout all departments and the end result will *not* be a good thing.
I'd love to be wrong of course, but considering the rapid decline in the quality of the products bearing the Compaq and HP name in recent years, I really don't see this merger improving this.
>>Without microsoft the hardware woudnt have advanced, like is has, no one else has had a system that provided a basis to push the x86 architecture like windows.
From the article:
>>Madnick argued that perfect interoperability, which would allow products to be substituted for each other with no performance degradation, was a theoretical impossibility. "It would be surprising if two different products behaved exactly alike," he told the court Wednesday.
But isn't this what web browers do anyway? There are standards (W3C) for allow each browser to 'perform' (if you will) the same task, i.e. allowing the user to see the 'net the same way as every other user.
Ditto, I can use Internet Explorer, and Netscape mail, and get the same functionality as if I used Netscape and Outlook Express...well with the exception of not having to deal with viruses if I use Netscape mail, but I digress...
They don't; it's called a "patch". And if a [l]user doesn't bother to go check Windows Update more than once a year (!) then this is Microsoft's fault? That's akin to never changing the oil in your car and then blaming the manufacturer when the engine siezes.
I work for a small computer firm that (among other duties) repairs name brand computers. In my experience, Gateway has always gone the extra mile to ensure that the problem has either been identified and an work around found, or fixed entirely. Now also, in my opinion, their home machine are some of the biggest pieces of junk on the market, but at least they support them. Compaq, on the other hand, has never even been polite when I've contacted them for tech support (driver issues) and as fas as I know, are the only firm out there who charge for drivers (this is a sore point with me when I attempted to obtain drivers for a notebook modem, only to find they weren't listed on their website, and I would have to pay for a 'system restore' disk to get the needed driver) which in my eyes is patently absurd.
Don't screw this one up. It's one of my fav games of all time (the other being MissionForce CyberStorm) but I can see it now: Making it real time, making it a resource rush tank rush type of game.
The temptation to muck this game up by 'improving' it will be too great.
But doesn't MS (supposedly) lose money on each x-box sold? If this is true, then I wonder how they are making up the lost revenue? Programming licenses I suppose. I would be interested to see what it costs to develop a game for the x-box versus the PlayStation 2.
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Everytime I have to "register" to download something, what e.mail address do you think I use? ;-)
Note, this is just a joke, I don't really use his e.mail address for such purposes, that would be wrong. Instead, I merely forward all *my* spam to him.
For example, the "Naturetech" laptop maker. Go to the website listed in the article. I think you'll be surprised at how far Linux has branched out.
I want to like Linux..I really do, but I can't use it because so much of my hardware is either not supported, or so damn difficult to install/configure/rebuild kernel/etc. that it's pointless.
I mean it's one thing if Linux was all we had to choose from, but it's not, and frankly, why choose something that doesn't work as well as the competition? That's just being bullheaded.
Case in point: I was a hard-core BeOS user because it *was* better than the competition. Until it was superceeded and could no longer *do the things I needed it to do*, and so then I switched.
Linux will always and forever play catch-up with the other OSes out there as long as it is content to emulate everyone else's, ah..."innovations".
The squabbling amongst themselves doesn't help either. Imagine what the Linux camp could achieve if *all* of the commercial Linux distro companies banded together, put out one unified distro, and then concentrated like crazy to make it work and be superior (not just different) to the competition....
Hollyweird has gotten so bad these days, that you can *practically* guarantee that anything with a number behind it will suck big time.
Nonetheless I was surprised when a sequel to MIB was announced (I didn't feel it needed one, but you know how Hollywood is..if the 1st made even a smidgen of money, sequel it!) and even more so that it didn't pick up where the last one left off (with Linda F. has Will's new partner).
So, I go see the film with reservations, and I was pleasantly surprised.
Sure, the film takes itself even less seriously than the last one, but it does expand more on the aliens and esp. the worm guys. It's funny, without degenerating into slapstick or schlock.
I think what helped that was having the same director for both.
In any case it's *certainly* better than other current sci-fi offerings currently playing at the theatres.
And with good reason. Circa 1991 Denmark opened it's borders to "war refugees" and it nearly destroyed the country.
Being Danish myself, I am surprised by this ruling. 99.999% of the time the Danes are the ones with a clear head about all things.
Well, they *are* only human, perhaps this judge has some, ah, non-Danish lineage. This would explain this temporary lapse of judgement.
I hope the MS booth persons have bullet-proof vests.
It wouldn't surprise me in the least if some of the more, ah, vocal *nix folks get that hostile. Esp. if the MS booth is there to spread FUD....
And I *know* I'll get modded down as a Troll (I've noticed that anyone who disagrees with the main author with respect to movies get's modded as a troll) but that movie blew chunks. *SPOILER ALERT* For starters, in order for the pre-cogs to have seen Tom Cruise's character commit murder, he'd have to have been set up *in advance*, and the person doing the set-up (Max von Sydow I presume) *would have to know **in advance** that Tom would go snooping around old muder files*, in effect, Max von Sydow would have to be a pre-cog himself, which obviously he isn't, and therefore the *entire* premise of the movie is invalidated. Next: The pre-cogs, we are told again and again, starting from childhood and going from there, that they can only see murders, yet when in the mall, she sees every little thing, like the oriental woman having an affair, when to hide from the cops, etc etc etc... And although the pre-cogs are "apparently" never wrong (although they do see things slightly differently) they didn't see Max von Sydow kill himself...ooops. In short, poorly written, very poorly written. It's as bad as Swordfish was (that had *no* plot...which is worse than a bad plot, no plot whatsoever)
Use Gaak, the escaped robot from the UK, to perform soccer tricks the other bots haven't discovered yet?
To dial up someone you don't like...while in the dentist's chair getting a tooth drilled...
Looks like a very small set of video cards and dvd players it supports. Also, in bold print on their web page says something to the effect of "only for corp. use"...hardly as easy as the MS offerings.
We'll see more Penguins in Disney films?
It was your typical "all talk and no action" british film. Had I known it was a british sci-fi, I'd would have never gone to see it.
Sure, the *idea* was fine, could even have been done well with some more thought to it, but it was about as exciting to watch as paint drying.
Exactly...whole divisions that overlap almost point for point. You just *know* that's not going to survive the merger unscathed.
I think this deal is *terrible*. Case in point: Both HP and Compaq make:
(1) Laptops (bad ones at that)
(2) Desktops (worse than their laptops)
(3) Servers (no opinion)
(4) Printers (used to kick butt, now I'm not so sure)
So, with the merger going through, what divisions/departments get slashed?
In my *uninformed, casual opinion* there is too much overlap of products and services, never a good sign. There will be chainsaw-like cuts throughout all departments and the end result will *not* be a good thing.
I'd love to be wrong of course, but considering the rapid decline in the quality of the products bearing the Compaq and HP name in recent years, I really don't see this merger improving this.
Well the point still stands does it not?
>>Without microsoft the hardware woudnt have advanced, like is has, no one else has had a system that provided a basis to push the x86 architecture like windows.
I have one word for you:
BeOS.
Again, from the article:
>>Madnick testified that Microsoft (MSFT: Research, Estimates) probably would not be able to develop and market a workable version of Windows...
There you have it ladies and gentlemen!
From the article: >>Madnick argued that perfect interoperability, which would allow products to be substituted for each other with no performance degradation, was a theoretical impossibility. "It would be surprising if two different products behaved exactly alike," he told the court Wednesday. But isn't this what web browers do anyway? There are standards (W3C) for allow each browser to 'perform' (if you will) the same task, i.e. allowing the user to see the 'net the same way as every other user. Ditto, I can use Internet Explorer, and Netscape mail, and get the same functionality as if I used Netscape and Outlook Express...well with the exception of not having to deal with viruses if I use Netscape mail, but I digress...
They don't; it's called a "patch". And if a [l]user doesn't bother to go check Windows Update more than once a year (!) then this is Microsoft's fault? That's akin to never changing the oil in your car and then blaming the manufacturer when the engine siezes.
I work for a small computer firm that (among other duties) repairs name brand computers. In my experience, Gateway has always gone the extra mile to ensure that the problem has either been identified and an work around found, or fixed entirely. Now also, in my opinion, their home machine are some of the biggest pieces of junk on the market, but at least they support them. Compaq, on the other hand, has never even been polite when I've contacted them for tech support (driver issues) and as fas as I know, are the only firm out there who charge for drivers (this is a sore point with me when I attempted to obtain drivers for a notebook modem, only to find they weren't listed on their website, and I would have to pay for a 'system restore' disk to get the needed driver) which in my eyes is patently absurd.
Don't screw this one up. It's one of my fav games of all time (the other being MissionForce CyberStorm) but I can see it now: Making it real time, making it a resource rush tank rush type of game.
The temptation to muck this game up by 'improving' it will be too great.
I'll stick with the original methinks.
But doesn't MS (supposedly) lose money on each x-box sold? If this is true, then I wonder how they are making up the lost revenue? Programming licenses I suppose. I would be interested to see what it costs to develop a game for the x-box versus the PlayStation 2.
Send this law firm all your spam from etracks. It's the least we can do ;-)
I seem to recall something similiar used in the 60s and 70s...what was it now? Oh yes..WarsawPAC.