What do you bet that they have an agreement with Microsoft to do this and each sale of XP (at normal retail price, naturally) is a major markup from an agreed upon bulk purchase amount. Buy low, sell high, eliminate the competition. That's the American way!
Personally, I don't see the big deal. It's not like the FARC are going to attack the US any time soon... They have more problems to worry about then us. Besides, removing a link doesn't block the site, it just makes people wonder what the big deal is and go read it.
At any rate, I think the CoS (Church of Scientology) are terrorists as well, threatening people and all that, but I bet the students could link to them without problem because the CoS is in the US--and as we all know, Americans can't be terrorists, right?...;)
ModernGeek, do keep in mind that those gamers are a major source of revenue and are ultimately responsible for the powerful and cheap parts that are available. If it weren't for the demand of people wanting more FPS in Quake there wouldn't be a GeForce 4.
And don't call them "lame windowz people," because that (a) makes you look bad, (b) makes Linux users in gereal look bad by association, and (c) sounds like sour grapes.
And as for WINE.... Well, it's a joke and will never really be a solution. Better to get game developers to make native ports of their executables.
"*laugh* Ballmer only seems to see things in terms of money. It should be painfully obvious that Linux didn't start off "bankrupt", it started off free, which is hardly the same thing."
Got news for ya...all businesses (if they're worth a crap) are looking things from the fiscal (money) point of view. Any business that doesn't isn't going to be around long, that's just how the market economy operates. And as for Ballmer using the word "Bankrupt" he probably meant that the Linux movement started out without any funding and no real money of sorts to market itself and that Linux became what it is now not because of companies but from a grass-roots effort of all involved.
"And as far as it being a "gaming solution," I'll believe that when I can go to...and pick up more than 0-3 game titles that will work with my own distro."
This is exactly why a product like United Linux is needed. There are just way too many distros out there for that kind of universal support to work.
And besides, a previous poster forgot to mention my favorite distribution: Gentoo. The Portage system just rocks!
Call me crazy ("ok, you're crazy!") but if this falls flat say goodbye to any non-trek sci-fi for another couple of years while networks wash the bad tase out of their mouths. I will tape and watch later, we'll see if it sucks. But I'm going to give it only this one chance to grab me. I don't have time to watch more crap (I bet you don't either.) I do hope it's good, I really do.
We already have anti-spam laws, heck, we could modify 47USC227 for prohibition of spam, but it doesn't do anything unless the laws are actually enforced. Lets try enforcing a few first and see how it goes.
I gotta tell you, I hate child porn (just like any other rational human), but blocking sites at the level they did is akin (and too close to it for me) to national censorship. There are far better ways to deal with this than what they chose. Just more proof that governments are the biggest collection of morons existant.
Remember "Ebonics"? In my school district, we had a department head who was convinced that ebonics was an actual language. He wanted it taught, like it had some value, or was on equal ground with English, French, German, Italian, etc.
It didn't take long for him to get pimp-slapped by those of us who actually care about what kids are being taught. I'm not sure, but I think that teacher was forced to retire.
Ok, why is it every desktop looks just like Windows Explorer? Can't the design teams come up with something that is functionally equivalent, but is "different"? Or is it that MS got something right?
Dude, that is SO true! I mentioned that once before and I was told that this sort of thing just doesn't happen in Open Source because the admins of Open Source software (like, for instance, Linux or FreeBSD) patch more often, know what's on their systems and are generally less lax about that whole thing. Funny, this new worm seems to defeat that argument and rather promote the simple idea that you and I both know to be true: if you don't patch (or update) then you're screwed and shouldn't be a sysadmin anyways.
so of Cruithne doesn't orbit us, and therefore isn't a moon (like the moon), then this new junk most likely is in the same boat as Cruithne, and isn't a moon either...
This is not a big deal. The only people who have to fear this are those who are doing illegal activities. Are you all succumbing to your own brand of FUD? Don't inject "info" into the documents, and don't let your personal "beliefs" cloud truth.
Personally, I think the "cure" is for patent law to be modified so that an absolute description is needed for a patent to be validly claimed rather than the woefully ambiguous "a method of performing auctions..." What kind of crap is that?
Can I patent "..a method for transmitting gaseous oxygen in a liquid medium..." then sue everyone for having blood? Of course not, but that's just as silly (ok, so actually that's more silly, but you get my point.)
Shakespear was right: First thing we do, kill all the lawyers. They're the reason this sort of mess is around in the first place.
I find it interesting that the FBI can discriminate against the deaf and the color-blind/blind. Clear violations of the ADA, and candidates with such impairments, who are otherwise qualified (4 year degree + whatever else they need (like CCNP, CCIE)) can't be legally discounted against--yet they do and it's right there on the page! Maybe someone should sue...
The article explains that the photoreceptors and emitter array would copy what's behind the wielder and blast it forward. Great, but what if the object behind you is super luminous or moving very rapidly. I doubt the photoemitters could keep up with, say, the sun. Heck, they might not even be able to render Quake 3 at a decent frame rate. Not to mention the power requirements...(read any of the the "wheelbarrel" comments made by others.) Also, this idea has been thought up before. Prior Art being a concern, I (personally) would reject his patent claim.
Not all chimps are immune, in testing there have been many chimp deaths. So clearly only certain populations (if the theory is correct) of chimps were ever afflected with SIV, which is also a good thing because it would potentially allow us to more accurately pinpoint the epidemic's origin point ("natural reservoir".)
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What do you bet that they have an agreement with Microsoft to do this and each sale of XP (at normal retail price, naturally) is a major markup from an agreed upon bulk purchase amount. Buy low, sell high, eliminate the competition. That's the American way!
I submitted this same thing just a little while ago and it was rejected. Good going, moderators.
That's me, the wacky TangentMan (tm) ;)
"As for Too Much Sex, they have a condition for that: nymphomania. People lose their friends, family, jobs over this stuff."
The term nymphomania also only refers to women; the masculine term for the same addiction is satyriasis, but it's not used much anymore.
Personally, I don't see the big deal. It's not like the FARC are going to attack the US any time soon... They have more problems to worry about then us. Besides, removing a link doesn't block the site, it just makes people wonder what the big deal is and go read it.
;)
At any rate, I think the CoS (Church of Scientology) are terrorists as well, threatening people and all that, but I bet the students could link to them without problem because the CoS is in the US--and as we all know, Americans can't be terrorists, right?...
ModernGeek, do keep in mind that those gamers are a major source of revenue and are ultimately responsible for the powerful and cheap parts that are available. If it weren't for the demand of people wanting more FPS in Quake there wouldn't be a GeForce 4.
... Well, it's a joke and will never really be a solution. Better to get game developers to make native ports of their executables.
And don't call them "lame windowz people," because that (a) makes you look bad, (b) makes Linux users in gereal look bad by association, and (c) sounds like sour grapes.
And as for WINE.
"*laugh* Ballmer only seems to see things in terms of money. It should be painfully obvious that Linux didn't start off "bankrupt", it started off free, which is hardly the same thing."
Got news for ya...all businesses (if they're worth a crap) are looking things from the fiscal (money) point of view. Any business that doesn't isn't going to be around long, that's just how the market economy operates. And as for Ballmer using the word "Bankrupt" he probably meant that the Linux movement started out without any funding and no real money of sorts to market itself and that Linux became what it is now not because of companies but from a grass-roots effort of all involved.
"And as far as it being a "gaming solution," I'll believe that when I can go to...and pick up more than 0-3 game titles that will work with my own distro."
This is exactly why a product like United Linux is needed. There are just way too many distros out there for that kind of universal support to work.
And besides, a previous poster forgot to mention my favorite distribution: Gentoo. The Portage system just rocks!
Call me crazy ("ok, you're crazy!") but if this falls flat say goodbye to any non-trek sci-fi for another couple of years while networks wash the bad tase out of their mouths. I will tape and watch later, we'll see if it sucks. But I'm going to give it only this one chance to grab me. I don't have time to watch more crap (I bet you don't either.) I do hope it's good, I really do.
We already have anti-spam laws, heck, we could modify 47USC227 for prohibition of spam, but it doesn't do anything unless the laws are actually enforced. Lets try enforcing a few first and see how it goes.
I gotta tell you, I hate child porn (just like any other rational human), but blocking sites at the level they did is akin (and too close to it for me) to national censorship. There are far better ways to deal with this than what they chose. Just more proof that governments are the biggest collection of morons existant.
Remember "Ebonics"? In my school district, we had a department head who was convinced that ebonics was an actual language. He wanted it taught, like it had some value, or was on equal ground with English, French, German, Italian, etc.
It didn't take long for him to get pimp-slapped by those of us who actually care about what kids are being taught. I'm not sure, but I think that teacher was forced to retire.
Ok, why is it every desktop looks just like Windows Explorer? Can't the design teams come up with something that is functionally equivalent, but is "different"? Or is it that MS got something right?
Dude, that is SO true! I mentioned that once before and I was told that this sort of thing just doesn't happen in Open Source because the admins of Open Source software (like, for instance, Linux or FreeBSD) patch more often, know what's on their systems and are generally less lax about that whole thing. Funny, this new worm seems to defeat that argument and rather promote the simple idea that you and I both know to be true: if you don't patch (or update) then you're screwed and shouldn't be a sysadmin anyways.
RE my above... (accitently hit...)
so of Cruithne doesn't orbit us, and therefore isn't a moon (like the moon), then this new junk most likely is in the same boat as Cruithne, and isn't a moon either...
sorry for the problem in posting.
Cruithne doesn't orbit the Earth, rather it shares our orbit around the sun.
This is not a big deal. The only people who have to fear this are those who are doing illegal activities. Are you all succumbing to your own brand of FUD? Don't inject "info" into the documents, and don't let your personal "beliefs" cloud truth.
I've never played DAOC, but if the people online are that kind, it gives me a warm fuzzy. Good job, guys.
I hope United Linux comes to pass, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for it.
With the Shuttle supporting a P4 2.53 (or better) and supporting ungodly amounts of memory. I think the SS51G is better.
I freakin' hate "first-post" bitches....
Personally, I think the "cure" is for patent law to be modified so that an absolute description is needed for a patent to be validly claimed rather than the woefully ambiguous "a method of performing auctions..." What kind of crap is that? Can I patent "..a method for transmitting gaseous oxygen in a liquid medium..." then sue everyone for having blood? Of course not, but that's just as silly (ok, so actually that's more silly, but you get my point.)
Shakespear was right: First thing we do, kill all the lawyers. They're the reason this sort of mess is around in the first place.
I find it interesting that the FBI can discriminate against the deaf and the color-blind/blind. Clear violations of the ADA, and candidates with such impairments, who are otherwise qualified (4 year degree + whatever else they need (like CCNP, CCIE)) can't be legally discounted against--yet they do and it's right there on the page! Maybe someone should sue...
The article explains that the photoreceptors and emitter array would copy what's behind the wielder and blast it forward. Great, but what if the object behind you is super luminous or moving very rapidly. I doubt the photoemitters could keep up with, say, the sun. Heck, they might not even be able to render Quake 3 at a decent frame rate. Not to mention the power requirements...(read any of the the "wheelbarrel" comments made by others.) Also, this idea has been thought up before. Prior Art being a concern, I (personally) would reject his patent claim.
Not all chimps are immune, in testing there have been many chimp deaths. So clearly only certain populations (if the theory is correct) of chimps were ever afflected with SIV, which is also a good thing because it would potentially allow us to more accurately pinpoint the epidemic's origin point ("natural reservoir".)