Springs probably would be, if they were springlike, but a hydrolicized switched wouldn't. Anything with a level or rocker motion that had a bit of fluidity to it would probably work nicely.
I personally haven't bothered with IE (firefox=awesome) in a long time, but I seem to remember hearing that you can run IE in linux using either Crossover office or Wine (not sure which it was).
Allowing regular users to run as root is like sticking a driver with a class 5 license in the pilot seat of a 747 - phorm
Good for you. It's a lot cheaper, easier, and faster to upgrade a home machine than a network of several thousand.
You might notice that the text was "not affordable for businesses." Your home PC doesn't count (and for the record, my home rig runs dual-boot XP/Linux just dandy).
The linux desktops run fine on 128MB of RAM. Part of the trick is that the window manager is lighter (icewm) than your standard gnome/kde.
As for RedHat... wouldn't use that here anyways. Debian does just fine, and SSH issues don't last long with apt-get (which also runs nicely from a cron-job or a remote script).
Myself, and the company I work for. And there is evidence of a move... maybe not so much in the US but definately in Canada... particularly in certain gov't agencies.
You don't even meet the miniumum requirements for XP, and somehow I truely doubt that it runs very well on a 200Mhz celeron. Even 98 runs choppy on most machines I've run under 266Mhz. So really, unless you have a rather hefty amount of RAM, I have trouble seeing XP as "fine" unless you are talking about loading the OS, notepad, and maybe solitaire.
I'm hoping somebody will mod you down flamebait, because really you're on fire right now.
One of the major reasons we are moving towards a transition to linux from windows is:
a) XP is expensive, even by volume licensing an organization with 1000+ machines is a costly thing to licence
b) Most of our machines won't run XP. They won't run win2k very well
c) Upgrading/replacing all our machines to run a new OS is more expensive than the OS. Moreover, with the MS track record, by the time it was done there would be a new OS.
Cue in Longhorn, I think this will be even moreso. It's not just the cost of the OS businesses can't afford, it's the hardware required to run the damn thing... not to mention the dependability/security issues. If not for our linux servers offering protection from the outside world, we'd be sasser'ed nicely too if we ran a lot of winXP machines.
For me, once my card is hitting over 50FPS I don't really care. In fact, for most cards as long as the FPS doesn't such... I don't care.
While lack of chop (FPS) is good, having crisp well-aliased graphics is equally important. We're talking anti-aliasing, curve simulation, particle effects, colour depth, lighting, refraction, etc
Yes, I don't want my game to look like a stuttering 1970's film reel, but neither do I want it to look like a washed-out technicolour movie.
In fact, I'd say that the rendering quality is more important than the FPS. For applications other than games where "realtime" isn't that important... having a realistic rendering is much more important than how long it takes to render it.
FPS-per-buck isn't a bad denominator, but it doesn't cover other overall quality issues.
Hmmm, I've not had any problems with TV-Out since my GeForce MX4-440. My FX5200 (cheap) card even does the DVD out rather well... I quite often use it to watch movies from either DVD or DivX files.
Of course, the output is NTSC in my case, but it does have a PAL option. If I remember correctly, my old ATI Radeon AIW was fine with the PAL support, even on input.
I'm a (wannable) OpenGL application coder. I can't very much code a game/app supporting the cool features of my video card when the driver sucks. So you won't see good linux games until the cards are better supported... not making the drivers because of lack of 'nix games is a poor arguement.
Not really. I've been much an NVidia fanboy myself. I'd probably not pick up a new-on-the-shelf ATI card, but after a month or two I'd see how the driver issues (ever ATI's bane) measure up, and possibly go with ATI.
While I've been NVidia for the last while, my old ATI Radeon AIW still has a soft spot on my heard for the features it offered.
The failure here was not in neglecting to install a monitoring/blocking system, but to take proper action upon notification.
Read: her supervisor who refused to ask the employees to remove the pictures
Employees were posting pictures, and the employer didn't make them stop nor offer disciplinary measures. I wouldn't expect to get away with pr0n at work, and I'd definately expect to be disciplined (perhaps fired) if I tried to. It appears that both the other employees and the employer were definately at fault - but not for lack of filtering.
Recent research has also shown that, for people that don't like flossing, regular mouthwashing with an antiseptic has almost the same effect as a good floss (it kills the germs between the teeth if you swish it around well enough).
Now, sometimes you should still floss, but with regular mouthwashing you can reduce that. It's also much more convenient to have a small mouthwash container (there are some that are "concentrate" - just add water to accompanying mini-cup) than to stop for a brush+floss after lunch at work or whatnot.
I've also found that chewing a quick (sugarless) stick of gum helps clear off the back teeth. If it's a sticky gum, it will lift a lot of stuff off the teeth as you chew. Of course, that means the gum gets nasty rather quickly, so spit it out and go for the mouthwash afterwards.
So basically... linux certified is saying that I can get it to boot up, keyboard, mouse, and an X interface all work
WTF
I'm sorry, but the laptop I'm running on right now is more linux-compatible than the so-called certified machine, and even then I wouldn't put a stamp on it (winmodem hasn't a 'nix driver yet).
all the major hardware/functionality to work (including your keyboard/mouse/video/modem/NICs/keys/sound/APM).
Seriously, if I bought a "certified" laptop only to find that these things didn't work (or didn't work properly), I'd be rather pissed. As it is I get annoyed at my currently laptop when I have to switch into windows (dual-boot) to use the winmodem when I'm not able to connect to high-speed.
I double-checked that all XP laptops (no 2k here) are patched up and put up a memo regarding the dangers of taking machines home, especially unpatched. Even users can patch, it's the "I'll just click this update icon tomorrow" attitude that kills me.
While his spam may not be opt-in (despite dubious claims to the contrary), spamcop most definately is. It's not as if the whole world of email is blocking Richter's crap - only those subscribing to spamcop.
Moreover, they are not broadcasting to the internet "this man is a dirty spammer!," but rather people are comparing emails from addresses associated with Richter against a spamcop database.
I'm hoping that they get their lawyer fees recouped and then some. If we're lucky, discovery will nail Richter for something illegal (compromised servers or something of that nature) and put him in a nice little concrete rectangle with a nice man named "Bubba"
You know... death by cat is not a bad plan. You see, cats are by nature much more predatory and a good degree less loyal that other animals such as, say, dogs. If you get about 1-2 dozen cats and half starve them for awhile (so they're hungry, but not incapacitated). Later, off Mr. Righter a nice oil massage. Use tuna oil, and bind him to the chair. Lock in a room for about 24 hours and release the cats.
Trust me... it wouldn't be a nice way to go, but it would be appropriate for a dirty spammer.
Disclaimer: The situation above is entirely hypothetical. It is for personal amusement only, and should not be construed as advice to commit acts which may be of dubious legality
What I really wonder is what the government is looking for. I doubt that they're looking for the guy on MSN who says "[insert government member here] suxors!" so much as the activists actually looking to strongly undermine the government. Those spreading news that the government doesn't want public (failures such as in the SARS case, human rights issues) are probably also under scrutiny.
How about ethical issues. Do they care if you view pr0n? Do they care if you post to slashdot? What sets the radar off?
Yes, but a corporation is not a person, nor really people. It is an entity which comprises - in part - people, but also many other things. As an entity, the focus of the corporation is on the good of the company, and those they deal with are dealt with as "consumers" or if you are lucky "customers" - but not people.
Hmmmm. I would just attach these to my PC... you won't hear the noise from your fans/drives at all afterwards.
Seriously, many people don't realize how much "complete silence" is actually more annoying than a little background noise. My CPU gets hot quite often (very hot apartment) and the volcano fan on it gets *very* noisy when cranked, but with some decent tunes I work better than silence anyways.
Are people really so bothered by a little fan noise, or it like the casemod fanclub where less noise=bragging rights (not that some casemods aren't very cool).
Something like that would be broad/laughable now... but back in the day it truley was unique, if just for the reason that nobody else had considered a interactive graphical electronic medium (I'm not sure I'd call the system a "computer").
Back then the concept of video games was unique, nowadays trying to patent "a scrolling character moves across the screen as directed by the gamepad etc etc" would be laughable as it's not unique nor is the concept original despite the medium.
Are there any pages that will show and compare statistics for games between the US and Japan. I know there are lots of US review sites, but it'd be nice to see something that showed (in English) foreign sales/popularity.
I'm wondering if FFX2 was as abysmally dissapointing to the Japanese as it was here. Since FF games tends to originate in Japan, I'm hoping that a crap rating in both countries would let Squaresoft know that a sellout with boobs > plot isn't going to fly.
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Springs probably would be, if they were springlike, but a hydrolicized switched wouldn't. Anything with a level or rocker motion that had a bit of fluidity to it would probably work nicely.
I personally haven't bothered with IE (firefox=awesome) in a long time, but I seem to remember hearing that you can run IE in linux using either Crossover office or Wine (not sure which it was).
Allowing regular users to run as root is like sticking a driver with a class 5 license in the pilot seat of a 747 - phorm
I have dual-boot, so I can compare a bit:
Games:
XP: Lots, some older 98 games broken
Linux: Less, some windows games work via Wine, increasing support (Doom3, HL2) expected
Internet:
XP: Firefox/IE
Linux: Firefox
Email:
XP: Thunderbird
Linux: Thunderbird
Media:
XP: Winamp, WMP
Linux: XMMS/MPlayer (DVD's sometimes an issue)
P2P:
XP: KazaaLite, Emule
Linux: Emule
IM:
XP: MSN 6.1, GAIM
Linux: GAIM
Office:
XP: MS/OpenOffice
Linux: OpenOffice
CD Burning:
XP: Nero, lots of others
Linux: MKCD, lots of others
DVD Burning:
XP: Many suck, currently testing ULead DVD Workshop 2 (awesome)
Linux: Experimenting (suggestions welcome)
Those are my regular activities. Some of the other stuff may or may not work in linux
Good for you. It's a lot cheaper, easier, and faster to upgrade a home machine than a network of several thousand.
You might notice that the text was "not affordable for businesses." Your home PC doesn't count (and for the record, my home rig runs dual-boot XP/Linux just dandy).
The linux desktops run fine on 128MB of RAM. Part of the trick is that the window manager is lighter (icewm) than your standard gnome/kde.
As for RedHat... wouldn't use that here anyways. Debian does just fine, and SSH issues don't last long with apt-get (which also runs nicely from a cron-job or a remote script).
Myself, and the company I work for. And there is evidence of a move... maybe not so much in the US but definately in Canada... particularly in certain gov't agencies.
FYI
You don't even meet the miniumum requirements for XP, and somehow I truely doubt that it runs very well on a 200Mhz celeron. Even 98 runs choppy on most machines I've run under 266Mhz. So really, unless you have a rather hefty amount of RAM, I have trouble seeing XP as "fine" unless you are talking about loading the OS, notepad, and maybe solitaire.
I'm hoping somebody will mod you down flamebait, because really you're on fire right now.
One of the major reasons we are moving towards a transition to linux from windows is:
a) XP is expensive, even by volume licensing an organization with 1000+ machines is a costly thing to licence
b) Most of our machines won't run XP. They won't run win2k very well
c) Upgrading/replacing all our machines to run a new OS is more expensive than the OS. Moreover, with the MS track record, by the time it was done there would be a new OS.
Cue in Longhorn, I think this will be even moreso. It's not just the cost of the OS businesses can't afford, it's the hardware required to run the damn thing... not to mention the dependability/security issues. If not for our linux servers offering protection from the outside world, we'd be sasser'ed nicely too if we ran a lot of winXP machines.
For me, once my card is hitting over 50FPS I don't really care. In fact, for most cards as long as the FPS doesn't such... I don't care.
While lack of chop (FPS) is good, having crisp well-aliased graphics is equally important. We're talking anti-aliasing, curve simulation, particle effects, colour depth, lighting, refraction, etc
Yes, I don't want my game to look like a stuttering 1970's film reel, but neither do I want it to look like a washed-out technicolour movie.
In fact, I'd say that the rendering quality is more important than the FPS. For applications other than games where "realtime" isn't that important... having a realistic rendering is much more important than how long it takes to render it.
FPS-per-buck isn't a bad denominator, but it doesn't cover other overall quality issues.
Hmmm, I've not had any problems with TV-Out since my GeForce MX4-440. My FX5200 (cheap) card even does the DVD out rather well... I quite often use it to watch movies from either DVD or DivX files.
Of course, the output is NTSC in my case, but it does have a PAL option. If I remember correctly, my old ATI Radeon AIW was fine with the PAL support, even on input.
I'm a (wannable) OpenGL application coder. I can't very much code a game/app supporting the cool features of my video card when the driver sucks. So you won't see good linux games until the cards are better supported... not making the drivers because of lack of 'nix games is a poor arguement.
Not really. I've been much an NVidia fanboy myself. I'd probably not pick up a new-on-the-shelf ATI card, but after a month or two I'd see how the driver issues (ever ATI's bane) measure up, and possibly go with ATI.
While I've been NVidia for the last while, my old ATI Radeon AIW still has a soft spot on my heard for the features it offered.
The failure here was not in neglecting to install a monitoring/blocking system, but to take proper action upon notification.
Read: her supervisor who refused to ask the employees to remove the pictures
Employees were posting pictures, and the employer didn't make them stop nor offer disciplinary measures. I wouldn't expect to get away with pr0n at work, and I'd definately expect to be disciplined (perhaps fired) if I tried to. It appears that both the other employees and the employer were definately at fault - but not for lack of filtering.
Recent research has also shown that, for people that don't like flossing, regular mouthwashing with an antiseptic has almost the same effect as a good floss (it kills the germs between the teeth if you swish it around well enough).
Now, sometimes you should still floss, but with regular mouthwashing you can reduce that. It's also much more convenient to have a small mouthwash container (there are some that are "concentrate" - just add water to accompanying mini-cup) than to stop for a brush+floss after lunch at work or whatnot.
I've also found that chewing a quick (sugarless) stick of gum helps clear off the back teeth. If it's a sticky gum, it will lift a lot of stuff off the teeth as you chew. Of course, that means the gum gets nasty rather quickly, so spit it out and go for the mouthwash afterwards.
So basically... linux certified is saying that I can get it to boot up, keyboard, mouse, and an X interface all work
WTF
I'm sorry, but the laptop I'm running on right now is more linux-compatible than the so-called certified machine, and even then I wouldn't put a stamp on it (winmodem hasn't a 'nix driver yet).
all the major hardware/functionality to work (including your keyboard/mouse/video/modem/NICs/keys/sound/APM).
Seriously, if I bought a "certified" laptop only to find that these things didn't work (or didn't work properly), I'd be rather pissed. As it is I get annoyed at my currently laptop when I have to switch into windows (dual-boot) to use the winmodem when I'm not able to connect to high-speed.
I double-checked that all XP laptops (no 2k here) are patched up and put up a memo regarding the dangers of taking machines home, especially unpatched. Even users can patch, it's the "I'll just click this update icon tomorrow" attitude that kills me.
Actually, if this is what you are talking about, then Canada does have 10xxxxx numbers.
While his spam may not be opt-in (despite dubious claims to the contrary), spamcop most definately is. It's not as if the whole world of email is blocking Richter's crap - only those subscribing to spamcop.
Moreover, they are not broadcasting to the internet "this man is a dirty spammer!," but rather people are comparing emails from addresses associated with Richter against a spamcop database.
I'm hoping that they get their lawyer fees recouped and then some. If we're lucky, discovery will nail Richter for something illegal (compromised servers or something of that nature) and put him in a nice little concrete rectangle with a nice man named "Bubba"
You know... death by cat is not a bad plan. You see, cats are by nature much more predatory and a good degree less loyal that other animals such as, say, dogs. If you get about 1-2 dozen cats and half starve them for awhile (so they're hungry, but not incapacitated). Later, off Mr. Righter a nice oil massage. Use tuna oil, and bind him to the chair. Lock in a room for about 24 hours and release the cats.
Trust me... it wouldn't be a nice way to go, but it would be appropriate for a dirty spammer.
Disclaimer: The situation above is entirely hypothetical. It is for personal amusement only, and should not be construed as advice to commit acts which may be of dubious legality
What I really wonder is what the government is looking for. I doubt that they're looking for the guy on MSN who says "[insert government member here] suxors!" so much as the activists actually looking to strongly undermine the government. Those spreading news that the government doesn't want public (failures such as in the SARS case, human rights issues) are probably also under scrutiny.
How about ethical issues. Do they care if you view pr0n? Do they care if you post to slashdot? What sets the radar off?
Yes, but a corporation is not a person, nor really people. It is an entity which comprises - in part - people, but also many other things. As an entity, the focus of the corporation is on the good of the company, and those they deal with are dealt with as "consumers" or if you are lucky "customers" - but not people.
Hmmmm. I would just attach these to my PC... you won't hear the noise from your fans/drives at all afterwards.
Seriously, many people don't realize how much "complete silence" is actually more annoying than a little background noise. My CPU gets hot quite often (very hot apartment) and the volcano fan on it gets *very* noisy when cranked, but with some decent tunes I work better than silence anyways.
Are people really so bothered by a little fan noise, or it like the casemod fanclub where less noise=bragging rights (not that some casemods aren't very cool).
I'd wonder about the shelf-life of these, as well as long term durability/compatability.
If they sold them off with band logos/signatures and they would still work in 20-40 years... talk about nostalgia pieces.
Something like that would be broad/laughable now... but back in the day it truley was unique, if just for the reason that nobody else had considered a interactive graphical electronic medium (I'm not sure I'd call the system a "computer").
Back then the concept of video games was unique, nowadays trying to patent "a scrolling character moves across the screen as directed by the gamepad etc etc" would be laughable as it's not unique nor is the concept original despite the medium.
Are there any pages that will show and compare statistics for games between the US and Japan. I know there are lots of US review sites, but it'd be nice to see something that showed (in English) foreign sales/popularity.
I'm wondering if FFX2 was as abysmally dissapointing to the Japanese as it was here. Since FF games tends to originate in Japan, I'm hoping that a crap rating in both countries would let Squaresoft know that a sellout with boobs > plot isn't going to fly.