You don't save any money. You pay them 99 bucks and what? like 189 for windows or something? Yeah you save a hundred bucks but not really when you see this bit on their site:
Because LindowsOS and Windows are on the same hard disk, you can browse and use all of your files and folders in My Documents or anywhere on your hard disk.
Now 189+99 = too much. Where is the point in this os? Install windows then install the programs you want then install lindows and run them from there. oh and make sure you like slow because thats how they run.
Ever since I saw that horrible, nightmarish Steve Ballmer video.... "DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS... DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Oh god lets call it anything but Developers!
The image of a big, fat, bald, sweaty man keeps entering my head when I hear that word.
What is important in technology?
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It may be hyped but it could be a breakthrough. At any rate it is something that interests us as geeks. Stories about this broke on friday or maybe before and you have been getting thousands of submissions on the subject. It took you until tonight to actually post it. Hi, I don't know if you know tons of people think things are neat that you may not, but it is true. So if you get lots of posts on something then maybe it is worth posting.
These CG characters could become stars one day and appear in a variety of movies but until they make them look like they have life and come up with a way to synthesize the human voice in a believable way it won't happen. They can't detach the characters from the people who do voice overs or you have the same deal you have with the new scooby doo series or the flintstones when they changed the people who did the voices for some of the characters. The characters die if the original voice leaves because of salary negotiations or if he/she dies or whatever. Could you like watching Arnold Swartzenegger in a movie if when he opened his mouth it sounded like someone doing an Arnold impression? The voice lends too much to the character. So I don't think CG actors will be viable for celebrity for a LONG LONG LONG time. Maybe 100s of years. Just my opinion.
Netzero is Windows Only. Thats the part that really bugs me.
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Yeah I was watching tv last night and saw about 20 commercials for halo and odd world. But you know what seems funny to me? Am I the only one that notices that the commercials show the CG and not so much the gameplay? Isn't this the ultimate form of false advertising? People are going to think that the gameplay looks that good. I played an XBOX in virgin superstore in New Orleans this weekend. The game on it (some football game) looked like nothing special. Like sega dreamcast even. And the controller looks like someone went nuts with a beadazzeler on a hunk of plastic. Rhinestone buttons. How ghey.
my drive is partitioned. the installer went fine. my drive isn't messed up. nothing missing. must suck for whoever it did happen to who doesn't have a backup.
Wow, What his wife said is so true. This interview really lets you get to know his personality and I must say he is a really funny guy. Like a bunch of guys I work with. Seems like he is a really good person and is having fun in life. I hope to see him in more movie/tv roles and tell those F*cks to let him play wesley in the new movie. Haven't they not started filming yet? I mean they could write him in a scene or two. Everyone who thinks this should be the case should go to star trek sites and voice your opinion.:)
I am horrified about going to bootcamp and shooting things. But I am quick to draw with a keyboard. This story gave me an idea. Why not make something like the Tech Reserves? Something similar to the army reserves. The government brings you in 1 day a week and two weeks a year for training and other informative seminars. Then when the need arises (Cyber Warfare or whatever need), we help the government in the way we can best? I think military service with the knowledge you aren't going on the front lines but you are helping is something to think about.
The CD's still play in a normal cd player right? So someone can take the headphone out and split it to a right and left signal and record it into a nice soundcard to an mp3. There are still ways to make an mp3 of music without having to have the cd in the cd drive. Just food for thought.
Al gore said "Hey, dude! No seriously. I want to put a sate... hahahaha. Pass that to me fucker. Ok what were we talking about? Oh yeah, so anyway, this satellite will take pictures of the earth! Isn't that fan-fucking-tastic? HAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh man I am so messed up."
Some of the other uses sound like they may be of some scientific use but a few years until budget has availability for it isn't really a big deal. Sorry we can't launch everyone's ideas into space. How about just pay the russians to launch it. They will suck your dick for a price.
Ok I can't keep up with who is pissed at us or who we are pissed at now. But Allen seems to state we hate russia. I didn't know we did. I thought we considered them partners now. Well I just live here. My government is obviously out of control. Then again so are most others. But thats the way it is I guess. I am american but I say take his advice and go ahead with the boycott. There are many brilliant programmers from overseas and America will feel the hurt. Or maybe they will try to euthanize the programmer they just arrested with some douche. IRNI
Radiation, true or not true, they will still be quick to cash in on the fear of the mass public who will buy unneeded things if it promises something that sounds good to them. You could sell most people anything if it claims to calm their fear of something.
IRNI
You bring up a lot of good points and I respect them. I just don't know what we can do except elect independant candidates to change the world. Which doesn't seem to be working. I don't know if I see that the way to fix everything is to go totally socialist and I don't know if that is what everyone is suggesting. I just wish there was a way that this capitalist society held a way to say what is right and wrong and what is acceptable but let there still be huge companies. Just not monopolies. Guess we have to have one extreme or another. Totally socialist or totally big business. Anyway maybe I was harsh in what I said. But katz still sucks:)
IRNI
Oh enough with the bleeding heart liberal whining, Katz. America was built on capitalism and I like it that way. I hate microsoft too. Just means people need to work that much harder to beat them at their own game. It isn't impossible to do. IRNI
Ever since I could download MP3 files and burn them to cd, I have never bought another cd. I know this is true of many friends as well. Some of the local cd shops have closed down in the city. No one goes in there anymore. There is no point in buying music if I can get it for free. Right or wrong, I really don't care one way or another. I do know by the laws of the land as they are right now I am doing something wrong. But I don't care. I get free music and don't waste money on CDs anymore. And I don't use napster anymore because they are blocking some things I want. So I use one of the other 2359278435923845908345 sharing programs out there and I can ALWAYS get what I want. Never had a problem. The RIAA has lost big time.:)
This makes no sense. The whole point of business is to get the most productivity out of your people. So you make things streamlined. You make your man-hours count. I can understand Microsoft having their employees use windows. Lots of companies do that. I can understand them requiring the use of Exchange/Outlook. Wouldn't want important email to go down with the user's computer. I just can not understand using AOL for email. Yeah that is great that your company makes software for home users that is easy to use. But for your company it wastes valuable time to have a whole online service software open just to read mail. Are they talking about AOL web email? Or do they have to have the AOL application loaded? It would waste resources and time.
I downloaded it from linuxiso.org. Got both isos in 1 night. I will say Mandrake 8.0 is very very very awesome. I have always loved Mandrake as I call it "RedHat-Fixed". Mandrake has sort of gone off on it's own and offered a lot of nifty features. I believe they have the most included software still. The new version 8.0 offers a 2.4.3 kernel, nice installer, graphical boot, X auto login for 1 user when in run level 5, a link on the desktop for two sites, MandrakeCapus and MandrakeExpert which are two community sites for newbies and experts to exchange info in a free manner. Mandrake has outdone itself and I am very excited everytime I boot the new version.:)
IRNI
I don't really understand your statement. If you read through what I had written you would see where I say tons of other lombard users are going through the same problem. I have never had a problem with my computer up to this exact release of osX so I don't really see how my hardware is the problem. It is running great with 9.1 right now sitting in front of me. Yes plenty of lombard users did get it to work. And that is great. But a great many powerbook users in general are having issues. All of which I have gone over and tried their solutions. Nothing works. I will just wait to see what apple comes out with in the next few weeks as a solution. Or maybe I will wait until summer for that revision release.
But I do not see this as a conspiracy against me. That is just rediculous. And I am not going to send my computer to apple so they can fix what runs fine with another OS. I don't have that kind of money to flop around. My lombard isn't under warranty. IRNI
Ok I am going to try to lay this all out without sounding anything like a flame. This OS release is sort of the poster child for unfinished software releases. This OS is for all purposes Public Beta II. If you go read the discussion boards for installation on Apple's site or the forums on MacFixit you will see how many problems this OS has. It won't even run on my G3 Lombard Powerbook. There are so many threads on what could be causing it. Ram, Processor, Font folder in the wrong place. All suggesstions give tips... none of them make the OS get past installation on my system. The install took 2 and a half hours on my laptop. 9.1 runs fine without any problems. I have used recent internal builds of OS X without a problem either... except for kernel panics... which I figured would go away with the release version but they haven't according to the discussion threads. So DP4, Public Beta, 4k56 and 4k60 all ran nicely on my powerbook. But the Official release will not run at all. Apple says they do not know but are working on it. I don't see any progress. And another pet peve I have developed is that Apple has all but forgotten the lombard powerbook. They only care about the pismo and Ti. The lombard is probably the most needing of a firmware update but every firmware update is for the pismo. Anyway. I love OS X.. just waiting for it to actually work and for Apple to get their heads out of their asses.:)
IRNI
At a restaurant we would go to the back with our credit card to swipe it, create our own ticket, sign it and put it in the deposit slip of the restaurant. Instead of handing the waiter our card. He could be buying stuff with it in between the time he left the table and comes back. We would walk around with paper bags on our heads. We would sue friends for using our names in conversations.
These privacy groups are a little bit too radical. Do we really want to go so far with privacy that the net is completely useless? I don't mind the slight invasion of privacy if I can use such a great tool as the internet to make life easier.
You would measure this form of speed with names like
Intel Pentium V Fast
Intel Pentium V Really Fast
Intel Pentium V Yeah we know this one costs the same as the fast one last year but it is so much faster.
AMD Thunderbird Oh my god did you see how fast that was
AMD Thunderbird Seriously ya'll this is quick
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You don't save any money. You pay them 99 bucks and what? like 189 for windows or something? Yeah you save a hundred bucks but not really when you see this bit on their site:
Because LindowsOS and Windows are on the same hard disk, you can browse and use all of your files and folders in My Documents or anywhere on your hard disk.
Now 189+99 = too much. Where is the point in this os? Install windows then install the programs you want then install lindows and run them from there. oh and make sure you like slow because thats how they run.
Ever since I saw that horrible, nightmarish Steve Ballmer video.... "DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS... DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!" Oh god lets call it anything but Developers! The image of a big, fat, bald, sweaty man keeps entering my head when I hear that word.
It may be hyped but it could be a breakthrough. At any rate it is something that interests us as geeks. Stories about this broke on friday or maybe before and you have been getting thousands of submissions on the subject. It took you until tonight to actually post it. Hi, I don't know if you know tons of people think things are neat that you may not, but it is true. So if you get lots of posts on something then maybe it is worth posting.
These CG characters could become stars one day and appear in a variety of movies but until they make them look like they have life and come up with a way to synthesize the human voice in a believable way it won't happen. They can't detach the characters from the people who do voice overs or you have the same deal you have with the new scooby doo series or the flintstones when they changed the people who did the voices for some of the characters. The characters die if the original voice leaves because of salary negotiations or if he/she dies or whatever. Could you like watching Arnold Swartzenegger in a movie if when he opened his mouth it sounded like someone doing an Arnold impression? The voice lends too much to the character. So I don't think CG actors will be viable for celebrity for a LONG LONG LONG time. Maybe 100s of years. Just my opinion.
Netzero is Windows Only. Thats the part that really bugs me.
Yeah I was watching tv last night and saw about 20 commercials for halo and odd world. But you know what seems funny to me? Am I the only one that notices that the commercials show the CG and not so much the gameplay? Isn't this the ultimate form of false advertising? People are going to think that the gameplay looks that good. I played an XBOX in virgin superstore in New Orleans this weekend. The game on it (some football game) looked like nothing special. Like sega dreamcast even. And the controller looks like someone went nuts with a beadazzeler on a hunk of plastic. Rhinestone buttons. How ghey.
my drive is partitioned. the installer went fine. my drive isn't messed up. nothing missing. must suck for whoever it did happen to who doesn't have a backup.
Wow, What his wife said is so true. This interview really lets you get to know his personality and I must say he is a really funny guy. Like a bunch of guys I work with. Seems like he is a really good person and is having fun in life. I hope to see him in more movie/tv roles and tell those F*cks to let him play wesley in the new movie. Haven't they not started filming yet? I mean they could write him in a scene or two. Everyone who thinks this should be the case should go to star trek sites and voice your opinion. :)
I am horrified about going to bootcamp and shooting things. But I am quick to draw with a keyboard. This story gave me an idea. Why not make something like the Tech Reserves? Something similar to the army reserves. The government brings you in 1 day a week and two weeks a year for training and other informative seminars. Then when the need arises (Cyber Warfare or whatever need), we help the government in the way we can best? I think military service with the knowledge you aren't going on the front lines but you are helping is something to think about.
The CD's still play in a normal cd player right? So someone can take the headphone out and split it to a right and left signal and record it into a nice soundcard to an mp3. There are still ways to make an mp3 of music without having to have the cd in the cd drive. Just food for thought.
Al gore said "Hey, dude! No seriously. I want to put a sate... hahahaha. Pass that to me fucker. Ok what were we talking about? Oh yeah, so anyway, this satellite will take pictures of the earth! Isn't that fan-fucking-tastic? HAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh man I am so messed up."
Some of the other uses sound like they may be of some scientific use but a few years until budget has availability for it isn't really a big deal. Sorry we can't launch everyone's ideas into space. How about just pay the russians to launch it. They will suck your dick for a price.
Ok I can't keep up with who is pissed at us or who we are pissed at now. But Allen seems to state we hate russia. I didn't know we did. I thought we considered them partners now. Well I just live here. My government is obviously out of control. Then again so are most others. But thats the way it is I guess. I am american but I say take his advice and go ahead with the boycott. There are many brilliant programmers from overseas and America will feel the hurt. Or maybe they will try to euthanize the programmer they just arrested with some douche.
IRNI
Radiation, true or not true, they will still be quick to cash in on the fear of the mass public who will buy unneeded things if it promises something that sounds good to them. You could sell most people anything if it claims to calm their fear of something.
IRNI
You bring up a lot of good points and I respect them. I just don't know what we can do except elect independant candidates to change the world. Which doesn't seem to be working. I don't know if I see that the way to fix everything is to go totally socialist and I don't know if that is what everyone is suggesting. I just wish there was a way that this capitalist society held a way to say what is right and wrong and what is acceptable but let there still be huge companies. Just not monopolies. Guess we have to have one extreme or another. Totally socialist or totally big business. Anyway maybe I was harsh in what I said. But katz still sucks :)
IRNI
"Corporate Republic formerly known as America"
Oh enough with the bleeding heart liberal whining, Katz. America was built on capitalism and I like it that way. I hate microsoft too. Just means people need to work that much harder to beat them at their own game. It isn't impossible to do.
IRNI
Ever since I could download MP3 files and burn them to cd, I have never bought another cd. I know this is true of many friends as well. Some of the local cd shops have closed down in the city. No one goes in there anymore. There is no point in buying music if I can get it for free. Right or wrong, I really don't care one way or another. I do know by the laws of the land as they are right now I am doing something wrong. But I don't care. I get free music and don't waste money on CDs anymore. And I don't use napster anymore because they are blocking some things I want. So I use one of the other 2359278435923845908345 sharing programs out there and I can ALWAYS get what I want. Never had a problem. The RIAA has lost big time. :)
IRNI
This makes no sense. The whole point of business is to get the most productivity out of your people. So you make things streamlined. You make your man-hours count. I can understand Microsoft having their employees use windows. Lots of companies do that. I can understand them requiring the use of Exchange/Outlook. Wouldn't want important email to go down with the user's computer. I just can not understand using AOL for email. Yeah that is great that your company makes software for home users that is easy to use. But for your company it wastes valuable time to have a whole online service software open just to read mail. Are they talking about AOL web email? Or do they have to have the AOL application loaded? It would waste resources and time.
IRNI
You Can't Beat Wagner's Meat.
IRNI
But where are they going to store the 4 ounces of chedder cheese they use for L2 cache?
IRNI
I downloaded it from linuxiso.org. Got both isos in 1 night. I will say Mandrake 8.0 is very very very awesome. I have always loved Mandrake as I call it "RedHat-Fixed". Mandrake has sort of gone off on it's own and offered a lot of nifty features. I believe they have the most included software still. The new version 8.0 offers a 2.4.3 kernel, nice installer, graphical boot, X auto login for 1 user when in run level 5, a link on the desktop for two sites, MandrakeCapus and MandrakeExpert which are two community sites for newbies and experts to exchange info in a free manner. Mandrake has outdone itself and I am very excited everytime I boot the new version. :)
IRNI
I don't really understand your statement. If you read through what I had written you would see where I say tons of other lombard users are going through the same problem. I have never had a problem with my computer up to this exact release of osX so I don't really see how my hardware is the problem. It is running great with 9.1 right now sitting in front of me. Yes plenty of lombard users did get it to work. And that is great. But a great many powerbook users in general are having issues. All of which I have gone over and tried their solutions. Nothing works. I will just wait to see what apple comes out with in the next few weeks as a solution. Or maybe I will wait until summer for that revision release. But I do not see this as a conspiracy against me. That is just rediculous. And I am not going to send my computer to apple so they can fix what runs fine with another OS. I don't have that kind of money to flop around. My lombard isn't under warranty.
IRNI
Ok I am going to try to lay this all out without sounding anything like a flame. This OS release is sort of the poster child for unfinished software releases. This OS is for all purposes Public Beta II. If you go read the discussion boards for installation on Apple's site or the forums on MacFixit you will see how many problems this OS has. It won't even run on my G3 Lombard Powerbook. There are so many threads on what could be causing it. Ram, Processor, Font folder in the wrong place. All suggesstions give tips... none of them make the OS get past installation on my system. The install took 2 and a half hours on my laptop. 9.1 runs fine without any problems. I have used recent internal builds of OS X without a problem either... except for kernel panics... which I figured would go away with the release version but they haven't according to the discussion threads. So DP4, Public Beta, 4k56 and 4k60 all ran nicely on my powerbook. But the Official release will not run at all. Apple says they do not know but are working on it. I don't see any progress. And another pet peve I have developed is that Apple has all but forgotten the lombard powerbook. They only care about the pismo and Ti. The lombard is probably the most needing of a firmware update but every firmware update is for the pismo. Anyway. I love OS X.. just waiting for it to actually work and for Apple to get their heads out of their asses. :)
IRNI
At a restaurant we would go to the back with our credit card to swipe it, create our own ticket, sign it and put it in the deposit slip of the restaurant. Instead of handing the waiter our card. He could be buying stuff with it in between the time he left the table and comes back. We would walk around with paper bags on our heads. We would sue friends for using our names in conversations.
These privacy groups are a little bit too radical. Do we really want to go so far with privacy that the net is completely useless? I don't mind the slight invasion of privacy if I can use such a great tool as the internet to make life easier.
IRNI
You would measure this form of speed with names like
Intel Pentium V Fast
Intel Pentium V Really Fast
Intel Pentium V Yeah we know this one costs the same as the fast one last year but it is so much faster.
AMD Thunderbird Oh my god did you see how fast that was
AMD Thunderbird Seriously ya'll this is quick
IRNI
so if algoresucks.com is bad then how about my domain algoreisapigfucker.com? ya think i'll get in trouble?
*smirk*
IRNI