SuSE 8.1 is out and it seems to be the main competitor of Red Hat 8
Not as long as they have that stupid lizard!
Image is everything... and RH has the edge there! RH's logo might not be as good as it ould be, but it is MUCH better than SuSe's silly lizzard! Get a real logo!!! (or atleast redesign the current one... frankly, it sucks!)
Now that the old business model for the Internet (banners, etc) is no longer a reliable source of income for small web sites, and with the possible new billing schemes proposed by many of the major ISPs (billing for actual bit usage, not the speed of the connection), do you feel there is going to be a place on the Internet for smaller companies and individuals, or will the Internet be controlled exclusively by big business within the next 5 years?
Microsoft just went after them because they're obstinate bastards who want to defeat the linux xbox hackers at all cost.
You are right... kinda...
The fact of the matter is that Xboxes are VERY cheap PCs!! Where else are you going to get a 800 MHz PC for $200??? For that matter, where are you going to get a couple hundred of these for that price? The answewr is no where!.
What Microshaft really wants to do is stop Linux hackers from making Linux clusters with their Xboxes. The reasoning behind this, other than trying to "defeat linux", is because they are taking a loss on the Xbox console and are hoping to make up the difference in the price of the games and accessories that they sell for the console unit. BUt if you install Linux on their Xboxes, then you won't need their add-ons, thus decreasing their profit.
Even though I'm not one to soder mod chips onto something that costs hundreds of dollars, I agree that the hardware belongs to the person buying it, not the company they purchased it from. Software is one thing, but this issue with hardware must be put to rest. If this keeps up, we won't be allowed to add rooms onto our houses or put NoS in our cars (that is, if you're crazy enough to use NoS)!
Did anyone closely look at the pics on their web site (on page threee of the "tutorial")?
Take a look:
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/guides/ps2picture/up dated-std-composite-gt3.jpg (GT3 on standard composite)
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/guides/ps2picture/ updated-monsters-gt3.jpg (GT3 on Monster-S)
Does anyone lese smell false advertisement, aka EverQuest style... by editing the photos with Photoshop? EQ did it with lens flares, these people did it with blur! The ONLY way that could have POSSIBLY looked that different is if they used a HDTV on the last screen shot and a VERY crappy TV on the first screen shot! Look at the top edges of the screen shots... it will tell you more information than you need.
Has anyone called the better business bureau yet? These people, in my opinion legal disclaimer here... my opinion is allowed:) are frauds!
I've never been able to see an actual difference using different cables with my equipment (and I didn't by my TVs and stereos at the flea market or off of eBay), let alone a difference that is that pronounced! I'd challenge these people to have alive demo of this at their store (where people could actually change cables.. and even bring in their own cables from home to test)!
This has got to be bull shit!
At least they waited 20 seconds between capturing the two screen shots they placed on their web site:)
The reason this was labled as a major release was to keep consistant with history of RH's naming convention.
Honestly, I haven't tested 8.0 yet, but it sounds like it should have been 7.3.1 or 7.4....
Just because it has a new GUI and it is using a new version of someone else's software (Apache 2.0... which still isn't being widely accepted) shouldn't mandate a new major release. This new kernal and version of gcc had better kick some serious ass... otherwise the camel's back may be broken with me when it comes to RH
Honestly, it sounds like this should be RedHat 7.4, but 8.0 sounds better (and will sell better in stores for the weenies that actually buy RH instead of enojoying the "tourture" of downloading it)... damn marketing department!
Some of us still don't care if it is pretty, rather if it runs our web servers faster:P... but this will probably be an overall good move for the linux community.
Of course, now they'll actually need to have good looking women on the other end of the line (or they'll need to "borrow" pics of good looking women from a "reputable" porn site
Why didn't he file a law suit against Ebay until now???? Oh, could it possibly be because he wouldn't have gotten enough money?? If he was SOOOOOO concerned about his idea, why isn't the world trading stuff of Simon-Bay???
BTW: I now have a patent on the term "patent squating" (and all derivations of the phrase), so don't use it or I'll see your ass in court!!
C'mon people... if we can get this story posted a couple more times, we could put a copy of this on the floor, ceiling, left wall, right wall, and front wall of the 3D posting room we could create with this new 3D monitor!
This way, we could read all of the posts at one time... in 3D!
dedicated to studying the social, political and economic effects of the net
Here are the results:
Social effects: Porn distributions reach an all time high. Minors are exposed to porn as soon as they learn how to type "http://". Divorse is at an all time high because a woman from Ohio can chat with a "rich guy" from Texas while her "hard" working hubby is at work all day (masturbating to the new porn sites he found on his son's computer last night).
Political: People finally realized how much fun the President really gets to have in the oval office - we impeached him (jellousy!!)! People also excahnged a record number of politcal cartoons via email - Al Gore looses election!
Economic: The Internet brought the world economy out of the early 90's depression, created stocks with price earnings ratios of 50x and up, people could trade stocks online - which further drove up the over inflated stocks. Poor people became millionaires overnight - and are now poor again because they spent all their money on a super bowl commercial. Now the economy has collapsed around itself and unemployment is at an all time high (except for the people that are doing this study... atleast someone is getting paid!)
And who said you need a PhD to document the effects of the net?
... so you bastards better have many more 5 year anniversaries!!!:)
Here's to/. and the people that make it possible!
I know it might hurt, but maybe everyone should give/. some respect and do a little haapy dance in celebration of/.'s 5 year b-day (but don't look at the seat of your old crusty chair... that would ruin this historical moment)
I'm really curious as to whether the Slashdot community thinks we'll see a future era of standardized game tools and developers courting modders, or if we'll continue to see more specialized game engines. Maybe a greater PC / Console split?"
Uhhh... standardize? That would make game programming like.... WORK!
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I don't think it will take the porn insdustry too long.... lets face it, big boobs sell... big 3D boobs in your face will sell better! (and seem even BIGGER! Bigger boobs = bigger profits!)
As for games, this may take a bit longer since game programing companies count on mass distribution to make a reasonable profit. Since this 3D screen will be somewhat pricey for a few years, it may take a while before games begin to widely use this technology (of course, there will be one or two crappy games that will try to be the "first to the market", but I doubt anything good will be available for atleast a year or two).
Besdies, does anyone have a driver for this yet? :)
When I inquired about why student IDs had to be deactivated immediately after graduation or if a student was no longer active with the University, I was told that we were not allowed to provide services such as email, dial-up, or discounted cable modem service to individuals no longer associated with the University since it was not legal for the University to compete with private companies providing these services. If they are mistaken, please let me know! It would make my life a TON easier!
As for the domain names, using public University bandwidth for private web site ventures is consdiered to be theft of government property, and hence, illegal. I have seen students prosecuted for the misuse of University services many times.... I've seen grad students removed from the University for violating this type of policy at Kent State University as well...
I could register pricegougers.com and point it at 160.94.23.13 [umn.edu]. Such an action would not instantly make the University of Minnesota a law-breaker.
If the University knows that you are doing this and doesn't take action, then they may be liable for the content of that site... so this could make them "law-breakers".... This is why the University would prefer that people just use the University domain name... they control who and what is on their servers! Any network admin can check to see which machines have traffic going to port 80... and if they are not listed on the list of acceptable machines with web servers.. then they should shut then down! If too many students did this kind of thing, the local ISPs could claim that the local University was trying to put them out of business using government property... I don't think too many Universities want to fight that battle in court...
Perhaps this is some sort of State of Ohio law, but the University's Law department is constantly repeating the statements that I have posted here....
Perhaps you should do some more research and have some documented proof before calling people liars....
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Now, another question I have is: Why does UC San Diego allow student organizations use a subdomain under ucsd.edu ? It's asking for trouble...
This is an easy one! I've been a sys admin for 2 public universities... so obviously I have the answer...
It is illegal for the Universities to have public domain names (.com,.net, etc...) pointed at their servers!
Reasons:
It is illegal for public institutions to directly compete with private industry... ie the university can't allow these organizations to point.com domain names at their servers since they are taking potential business away from the private sector
Since Universities are not allowed to compete with ISPs, they make things easier to monitor by only allowing their domain name to be pointed at their servers. Hence, no outside domain names are supposed to be pointed at their servers. This prevents cheap grad students from starting a business in their office or cheap undergrads in dorms from starting a server farm.
More could be listed.. won't waste your time putting them here
Every university that I can think of usually PREFERS if the student organizations use the University domain name for their sites. It makes them appear as being official and allows the University to regulate the content of the sites (instead of suing their own organizations or revolking their charters)...
That's because they aren't optimized for efficient network usage, but for avoiding detection of who is sharing which files.
It makes them feel like they are being bad... which is what I think half of this whole P2P thing is all about! That is why people like all the Gnutella clients so much....
Its kinda like being told that you can't run in the street when you are a little kid.... and the excitement you get the first time you do it when mom and dad aren't looking... provided you don't get hit by a car (the copyright police).
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Not as long as they have that stupid lizard!
Image is everything
Here leezard, leezard, leezard
as far as the plane carrying the S.E.A.L. or Ranger team can go .....
Tomorrow's Headlines
KaZaA Devlopers Disappear!!
Rumor has it that U.S. special forces, funded by Metallica, have taken programmers to the secret base for "questioning"
is made up of nine planets .... er ...
...
Our solar system is made up of ten planets
Now that the old business model for the Internet (banners, etc) is no longer a reliable source of income for small web sites, and with the possible new billing schemes proposed by many of the major ISPs (billing for actual bit usage, not the speed of the connection), do you feel there is going to be a place on the Internet for smaller companies and individuals, or will the Internet be controlled exclusively by big business within the next 5 years?
$36,000 - $1,200 = $34,400
$34,400 *
That is more than enough for any unemployed Perl programmer
It is better than working at McDonalds!!
Oh, and the suits, they aren't real
You are right
The fact of the matter is that Xboxes are VERY cheap PCs!! Where else are you going to get a 800 MHz PC for $200??? For that matter, where are you going to get a couple hundred of these for that price? The answewr is no where!.
What Microshaft really wants to do is stop Linux hackers from making Linux clusters with their Xboxes. The reasoning behind this, other than trying to "defeat linux", is because they are taking a loss on the Xbox console and are hoping to make up the difference in the price of the games and accessories that they sell for the console unit. BUt if you install Linux on their Xboxes, then you won't need their add-ons, thus decreasing their profit.
Even though I'm not one to soder mod chips onto something that costs hundreds of dollars, I agree that the hardware belongs to the person buying it, not the company they purchased it from. Software is one thing, but this issue with hardware must be put to rest. If this keeps up, we won't be allowed to add rooms onto our houses or put NoS in our cars (that is, if you're crazy enough to use NoS)!
It took long enough, but it looks like the people at Apple might have a clue!
... great move!
...
First, OS X
Now, they are telling the DRM to shove it! My God, a company that actually listens to what their customers want
What's next, bateries included?????
Did anyone closely look at the pics on their web site (on page threee of the "tutorial")?
p dated-std-composite-gt3.jpg (GT3 on standard composite)
/ updated-monsters-gt3.jpg (GT3 on Monster-S)
... by editing the photos with Photoshop? EQ did it with lens flares, these people did it with blur! The ONLY way that could have POSSIBLY looked that different is if they used a HDTV on the last screen shot and a VERY crappy TV on the first screen shot! Look at the top edges of the screen shots ... it will tell you more information than you need.
... my opinion is allowed :) are frauds!
.. and even bring in their own cables from home to test)!
:)
Take a look: http://firingsquad.gamers.com/guides/ps2picture/u
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/guides/ps2picture
Does anyone lese smell false advertisement, aka EverQuest style
Has anyone called the better business bureau yet? These people, in my opinion legal disclaimer here
I've never been able to see an actual difference using different cables with my equipment (and I didn't by my TVs and stereos at the flea market or off of eBay), let alone a difference that is that pronounced! I'd challenge these people to have alive demo of this at their store (where people could actually change cables
This has got to be bull shit!
At least they waited 20 seconds between capturing the two screen shots they placed on their web site
Step 1: Go to your favorite electronics store or web site
Step 2: Remember to bring $15,000 cash or a couple credit cards that haven't been maxed out with you
Step 3:Purchase 50" plasma HDTV
Step 4:Get TV into your house (or better yet, my house if you don't have room)
Step 5:Throw Play Station into trash
Step 6:Buy stupid expensive cables if you have any money left after buying the TV
Step 7:Plug Xbox into new kick ass TV
Now you have better picture quality!
The reason this was labled as a major release was to keep consistant with history of RH's naming convention.
....
... which still isn't being widely accepted) shouldn't mandate a new major release. This new kernal and version of gcc had better kick some serious ass ... otherwise the camel's back may be broken with me when it comes to RH
... damn marketing department!
:P ... but this will probably be an overall good move for the linux community.
Honestly, I haven't tested 8.0 yet, but it sounds like it should have been 7.3.1 or 7.4
Just because it has a new GUI and it is using a new version of someone else's software (Apache 2.0
Honestly, it sounds like this should be RedHat 7.4, but 8.0 sounds better (and will sell better in stores for the weenies that actually buy RH instead of enojoying the "tourture" of downloading it)
Some of us still don't care if it is pretty, rather if it runs our web servers faster
Maybe the gravity of the earth's new moon(s) .. (there might be 3 now) had something to do with this?
:)
Then again, maybe the ozone creatures thought it would be funny to play games with the silly little humans below???
Can anyone say "1-900-***-****"??
:)
Of course, now they'll actually need to have good looking women on the other end of the line (or they'll need to "borrow" pics of good looking women from a "reputable" porn site
Ahhhh, a whole new world! (of porn)
This guy is DEFINATELY "patent squating".
Why didn't he file a law suit against Ebay until now???? Oh, could it possibly be because he wouldn't have gotten enough money?? If he was SOOOOOO concerned about his idea, why isn't the world trading stuff of Simon-Bay???
BTW: I now have a patent on the term "patent squating" (and all derivations of the phrase), so don't use it or I'll see your ass in court!!
If they keep trying to replace firewire .... then:
..... Gone!
Ans: USB On-the-Go Go Go Go
Some people just can't take a joke ....
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It's called sarcasim and exageration my friend
BTW: I'm still laughing at this (so called) study!!!! It is still the best joke in this thread!
C'mon people ... if we can get this story posted a couple more times, we could put a copy of this on the floor, ceiling, left wall, right wall, and front wall of the 3D posting room we could create with this new 3D monitor!
... in 3D!
This way, we could read all of the posts at one time
Here are the results:
Social effects: Porn distributions reach an all time high. Minors are exposed to porn as soon as they learn how to type "http://". Divorse is at an all time high because a woman from Ohio can chat with a "rich guy" from Texas while her "hard" working hubby is at work all day (masturbating to the new porn sites he found on his son's computer last night).
Political: People finally realized how much fun the President really gets to have in the oval office - we impeached him (jellousy!!)! People also excahnged a record number of politcal cartoons via email - Al Gore looses election!
Economic: The Internet brought the world economy out of the early 90's depression, created stocks with price earnings ratios of 50x and up, people could trade stocks online - which further drove up the over inflated stocks. Poor people became millionaires overnight - and are now poor again because they spent all their money on a super bowl commercial. Now the economy has collapsed around itself and unemployment is at an all time high (except for the people that are doing this study
And who said you need a PhD to document the effects of the net?
Here's to /.!!!!
... so you bastards better have many more 5 year anniversaries!!! :)
/. and the people that make it possible!
/. some respect and do a little haapy dance in celebration of /.'s 5 year b-day (but don't look at the seat of your old crusty chair ... that would ruin this historical moment)
.... just smile instead :)
5 years and going strong!
I just hope I never have to see "last post"
Here's to
I know it might hurt, but maybe everyone should give
... ok, maybe not
Uhhh
I don't think it will take the porn insdustry too long .... lets face it, big boobs sell ... big 3D boobs in your face will sell better! (and seem even BIGGER! Bigger boobs = bigger profits!)
:)
As for games, this may take a bit longer since game programing companies count on mass distribution to make a reasonable profit. Since this 3D screen will be somewhat pricey for a few years, it may take a while before games begin to widely use this technology (of course, there will be one or two crappy games that will try to be the "first to the market", but I doubt anything good will be available for atleast a year or two).
Besdies, does anyone have a driver for this yet?
This is a slightly altered version of Robin Hood ...
You have the poor using the poorest to steal from the rich
... the only difference is that everyone likes Robin Hood (before Kevin Costner, of course)
(the software company using the music theives to steal from the rich Amazon.com)
When I inquired about why student IDs had to be deactivated immediately after graduation or if a student was no longer active with the University, I was told that we were not allowed to provide services such as email, dial-up, or discounted cable modem service to individuals no longer associated with the University since it was not legal for the University to compete with private companies providing these services. If they are mistaken, please let me know! It would make my life a TON easier!
As for the domain names, using public University bandwidth for private web site ventures is consdiered to be theft of government property, and hence, illegal. I have seen students prosecuted for the misuse of University services many times
If the University knows that you are doing this and doesn't take action, then they may be liable for the content of that site
Perhaps this is some sort of State of Ohio law, but the University's Law department is constantly repeating the statements that I have posted here
Perhaps you should do some more research and have some documented proof before calling people liars
This is an easy one! I've been a sys admin for 2 public universities
It is illegal for the Universities to have public domain names (.com,
Reasons:
Every university that I can think of usually PREFERS if the student organizations use the University domain name for their sites. It makes them appear as being official and allows the University to regulate the content of the sites (instead of suing their own organizations or revolking their charters)
It makes them feel like they are being bad
Its kinda like being told that you can't run in the street when you are a little kid
Shhhh!!!! Don't let Microsoft here you say that!