A few years ago I couldn't build computers, today I've built over five of them. A few years ago I couldn't handle Linux, today I am learning almost every day.
If I want to do something, I'm not afraid of doing it. About a month ago I bought a bike which in order to save some money I had to put together myself. Granted, a bike may not be a car, but I learnt how to put it together and as a result I know how to fix it when annoyances arise.
I don't own a car now, but if I had one, I probably would try to maintain it myself. I have an older brother I can turn to in matters concerning cars, boats, engines etc; a farily experienced friend is in my opinion the best source for beginner information. Maybe why these skills are further down on the "l33t" list is because a car isn't necessary anymore. At least not here in European cities, maybe in the United States. A fair amount of my friends don't even have a licence.
On a side note: taking a drivers licence is for the most part a painful experience in Sweden. I takes a lot of time, and it costs a lot of money.
What's wrong with sweden? Have you been here? I sure as hell haven't seen you 'cause none of the tourists or exchange students I've talked to think we're poor bastards.
That said I go to Chalmers, Göteborg (Gothenburg) and I can't speak for those Stockholm folks.
Vice City rocks. I was sceptical before i bought it, thinking it would be just an add-on for GTA3. Now that I've played VC for soo long I recently replayed GTA3 and realized that VC is so much better in so many ways. I've played GTA3 on the PC, and found the experience to be somewhat dissapointing. GTA3 and VC was developed for the PS2 and should be played on the console. They might get the VC port to work better on the PC than GTA3 did though.
What? No ISP I've come across actually supports servers. They might allow them, but I'm still the one responsible for maintaining them. They could block port 80, 21, 22, 25 etc. but everyone can run a server on a different port.
I've been on a permanent IP DSL connection for over two years now, and I'm allowed to run whatever servers I want as long as they are non-profit. Why would I want to find some hosting when I run what I want and nothing less on my own old AMD friend?
Extremely well? Wow, have you ever developed a CSS-rich website? If not, I can tell you that IE is by far the worst browser when it comes to understanding standards. And try to put an alpha-transparent PNG on a page and you'll soon find out that IE for absolutely no apparent reason need specific IEML code to show this transparency. This is why I do not use IE, and why I don't want it on my hard drive eating space.
On the user end, have you noticed that when surfin' around annoying windows pop up all the time?
I've tried just about every browser available today and Internet Explorer is among the lowest ranking browsers.
Really? I've had more trouble with floppy discs than with my network. I've broken around three floppy _drives_, and they're not that hard to break at all. If I want to move data quickly between two computers, with the absense of a network, the easiest method would be to use an old hard-drive.
ALL PCs have floppies? No, none of mine do, and not many of my friends have computers with a floppy-drive. A CDRW is really cheap these days, and you get more for your money.
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Yeah, but I think here you can actually choose which behaviour you want, instead of having it forced upon you.
You know, by using the whole "PC==Windows PC" bit they're helping microsoft keeping regular consumers in the dark. They need to be aware of alternatives, and that's not going to happen if the media keeps doing these simplifications.
I would certanly like the media to specify for example "BMWs have a problem that make them crash into trees" instead of "Cars have a problem...", otherwise they're just making all cars look bad.
Last time i checked, you need to devote some time into getting DVD playback in windows too. After all, a computer is not a dvd-player, though it can play dvds with the proper hardware and software.
Yeah, I got really surprised. OMG, I have to _work_ to get anything done!???
I would be extremely happy if Enterprise got cancelled, and it should. Even the execs have hinted cancellation. Star Trek _needs_ new producers and most of all: new writers. Enterprise is basically the same thing as TNG and VOY, but with different actors and settings.
Whenever I watch Enterprise I get so bored that I fire up some computer game and play while the episode is on. In the end, I find that I haven't missed anything at all. Now, the time conspiracy might be exciting and all, but it's poorly executed.
I would cancel Enterprise. Then we could bury Star Trek with dignity instead of having it in the barn, sucking all life out.
"As for your ogg comment, please. You'd be ripping it to ogg from what? A CD . And what do you make using this service? A CD . Duh. Burn the freakin' CD and then rip it to ogg."
Uhm, first of all, it will use WMA, which in my opinion is an inferior format. In my ears WMA has always sounded crap. Second of all, any lossy audio compression format is unacceptable at that price. Anyway using a lossy compression scheme (although ogg is superior) to compress a previously losssy compressed file will result in an even greater quality degradation.
'zilla' is actually a name for a plant. According to dictionary.com (and Websters):
"A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zilla myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in water, and eaten, by the Arabs."
Sure, the logo could be changed to the leaf of that plant. Problem solved.
>I think your opinion is based more on your pacifistic world-view than on any actual facts.
Well, he would have based his own opinions on his own opinions wouldn't he? And whar ARE the actual facts anyway?
>I live in Colorado where I may shoot a person dead if he is both 1. on my property and 2. I have reasonable cause to beleive he is or is about to commit another crime (against a person or property.)
And you think this is reasonable? I live in Sweden, where shooting a person in anything else than defense from bodily harm would get you in jail. Firearms are in any case illeagal to own or posess here if you are not a police officer or have a hunting license.
In any case I believe 'an eye for an eye' laws to be cruel (eg. the death penalty), but what you're describing sounds more like 'a head for a fingernail'. I fail to see the logic, and we're anyway offtopic here, soo...
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A few years ago I couldn't build computers, today I've built over five of them. A few years ago I couldn't handle Linux, today I am learning almost every day.
If I want to do something, I'm not afraid of doing it. About a month ago I bought a bike which in order to save some money I had to put together myself. Granted, a bike may not be a car, but I learnt how to put it together and as a result I know how to fix it when annoyances arise.
I don't own a car now, but if I had one, I probably would try to maintain it myself. I have an older brother I can turn to in matters concerning cars, boats, engines etc; a farily experienced friend is in my opinion the best source for beginner information. Maybe why these skills are further down on the "l33t" list is because a car isn't necessary anymore. At least not here in European cities, maybe in the United States. A fair amount of my friends don't even have a licence.
On a side note: taking a drivers licence is for the most part a painful experience in Sweden. I takes a lot of time, and it costs a lot of money.
Är din?
What's wrong with sweden? Have you been here? I sure as hell haven't seen you 'cause none of the tourists or exchange students I've talked to think we're poor bastards.
That said I go to Chalmers, Göteborg (Gothenburg) and I can't speak for those Stockholm folks.
Water-powered rocket-cars, now THAT would have been something!
Then cuff me and my friends, banano. You're going to need a lot of cuffs.
Vice City rocks. I was sceptical before i bought it, thinking it would be just an add-on for GTA3. Now that I've played VC for soo long I recently replayed GTA3 and realized that VC is so much better in so many ways. I've played GTA3 on the PC, and found the experience to be somewhat dissapointing. GTA3 and VC was developed for the PS2 and should be played on the console. They might get the VC port to work better on the PC than GTA3 did though.
The last alternative should be:
;)
"Cowboyneal already knows my password[, we trade pr0n!]"
1. Release under GPL
2. ???
3. Close Source
4. PROFIT!
Then go hide from all the horrid posts today.
What? No ISP I've come across actually supports servers. They might allow them, but I'm still the one responsible for maintaining them. They could block port 80, 21, 22, 25 etc. but everyone can run a server on a different port.
I've been on a permanent IP DSL connection for over two years now, and I'm allowed to run whatever servers I want as long as they are non-profit. Why would I want to find some hosting when I run what I want and nothing less on my own old AMD friend?
I recently purchased a really addictive game called Triptych found at http://www.chroniclogic.com/triptych.htm
If you like tetris, this is definitely worth a try. There is a demo available.
Extremely well? Wow, have you ever developed a CSS-rich website? If not, I can tell you that IE is by far the worst browser when it comes to understanding standards. And try to put an alpha-transparent PNG on a page and you'll soon find out that IE for absolutely no apparent reason need specific IEML code to show this transparency. This is why I do not use IE, and why I don't want it on my hard drive eating space.
On the user end, have you noticed that when surfin' around annoying windows pop up all the time?
I've tried just about every browser available today and Internet Explorer is among the lowest ranking browsers.
1. Develop MMOG
2. Share market with 100s
3. ???
4. No Profit!
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Ok, so when do we get to see CowboyNeal? I've been waiting for ages! AGES I TELL YA!
Wow, only 53km in six years? You could have just walked to wherever you took it ;)
Really? I've had more trouble with floppy discs than with my network. I've broken around three floppy _drives_, and they're not that hard to break at all. If I want to move data quickly between two computers, with the absense of a network, the easiest method would be to use an old hard-drive.
ALL PCs have floppies? No, none of mine do, and not many of my friends have computers with a floppy-drive. A CDRW is really cheap these days, and you get more for your money.
Yeah, but I think here you can actually choose which behaviour you want, instead of having it forced upon you.
You know, by using the whole "PC==Windows PC" bit they're helping microsoft keeping regular consumers in the dark. They need to be aware of alternatives, and that's not going to happen if the media keeps doing these simplifications.
I would certanly like the media to specify for example "BMWs have a problem that make them crash into trees" instead of "Cars have a problem...", otherwise they're just making all cars look bad.
Last time i checked, you need to devote some time into getting DVD playback in windows too. After all, a computer is not a dvd-player, though it can play dvds with the proper hardware and software.
Yeah, I got really surprised. OMG, I have to _work_ to get anything done!???
I would be extremely happy if Enterprise got cancelled, and it should. Even the execs have hinted cancellation. Star Trek _needs_ new producers and most of all: new writers. Enterprise is basically the same thing as TNG and VOY, but with different actors and settings.
Whenever I watch Enterprise I get so bored that I fire up some computer game and play while the episode is on. In the end, I find that I haven't missed anything at all. Now, the time conspiracy might be exciting and all, but it's poorly executed.
I would cancel Enterprise. Then we could bury Star Trek with dignity instead of having it in the barn, sucking all life out.
I think he did just that when he said "This kind of action is basically violating the settlement". Please explain why you didn't get that.
"As for your ogg comment, please. You'd be ripping it to ogg from what? A CD . And what do you make using this service? A CD . Duh. Burn the freakin' CD and then rip it to ogg."
Uhm, first of all, it will use WMA, which in my opinion is an inferior format. In my ears WMA has always sounded crap. Second of all, any lossy audio compression format is unacceptable at that price. Anyway using a lossy compression scheme (although ogg is superior) to compress a previously losssy compressed file will result in an even greater quality degradation.
Well, I hope you're joking, otherwise you're proving the previous poster right with your own post.
Why would you need Internet Explorer or Outlook? You can use Mozilla and Sylpheed instead, at least that's what we use at the office.
'zilla' is actually a name for a plant. According to dictionary.com (and Websters):
"A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zilla myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in water, and eaten, by the Arabs."
Sure, the logo could be changed to the leaf of that plant. Problem solved.
>I think your opinion is based more on your pacifistic world-view than on any actual facts.
Well, he would have based his own opinions on his own opinions wouldn't he? And whar ARE the actual facts anyway?
>I live in Colorado where I may shoot a person dead if he is both 1. on my property and 2. I have reasonable cause to beleive he is or is about to commit another crime (against a person or property.)
And you think this is reasonable? I live in Sweden, where shooting a person in anything else than defense from bodily harm would get you in jail. Firearms are in any case illeagal to own or posess here if you are not a police officer or have a hunting license.
In any case I believe 'an eye for an eye' laws to be cruel (eg. the death penalty), but what you're describing sounds more like 'a head for a fingernail'. I fail to see the logic, and we're anyway offtopic here, soo...