Wow... reflections? I wish Java had tha... oh wait...
Powerfull prompt action? I wish bash had th... oh wait...
I can see it now. John C. Dvorak blurting about how great and flexible it is to "telnet into a box and get a prompt to do anything you want" and how the unix boys almost had it right. And that Java is dead.
I still think that new users should get some sort of introduction to the open source and its ideals.
New users don't have the same inquisitive nature that most Slashdoters have. I think if we get these new users onto a box that almost never crashes, works well, and doesn't need to be shut down every night in order to have a "fresh" pc in the morning, they will be hooked. Then later on they can play with colors and desktops and package updates and - perchance - drop to a shell. Telling them about Open Source, MS EULA's, Windoze security holes, that Duken Nukem will be out "when it's done":)...that comes much much later.
Just get them on a *nix box, and they will be hooked. This GUI looks to be a vital first step.
make love to your frigid wife, baby-sit the kids, wash the dog and the car.
I'll do all that right now for free! Just pay for the plane ticket and tell the Mrs to slip into something more comfortable. And for the car, one coat or two?
What the diff? Is FreeBSD as secure-luvin as OpenBSD? Does FreeBSD also have cryptographic drivers (need PW to access all content on encrypted partition, etc). I'm choosing FreeBSD unless there is some strong crypto that OpenBSD offers that FreeBSd doesn't have.
Yeah, I know, RTFM and spend more time searching on Google... just thought I'd pick your smart brain in addition. Thanks!
Palladium patch? Anyone? Anyone? When the boxes auto-update, and bet your sweet a$$ is will be mandatory in the EULA, how hard is it to enable ExtraBad(TM) DRM onto every box? Especially when - and here is the kicker - they will have LAWS that make thier cause righteous and noble while you, the theif, can no longer record prime time shows et. al.?
Digital TV in 2006? Jan 2nd, 2006, they update the boxes. All signals carry a little extra space for extra info. In Engalnd, isn't Teletext pushed that way? Doesn't radio send info to capable receivers? How much space does a no-copy byte take? Answer: 8 bits! Not hard to pack in...
I would rather have just the antenna, so I can change my wireless ways as things get better and develop, and still maintain the sleekness and utility of a built in antenna.
At at a minimum, PLEASE don't put the wifi chip on the mobo. make it user replaceable, like ram, so I can swap it with something better then that time comes. No? Maybe certain frequencies all need their own antenna design, and I need to get a clue... I just LOVE built in antennas etc on notebooks though.
Yes, that situation is quite unfortunate. Trully sorry to hear it, and sorry if my little flames "hit home" so to speak. Didn't mean them too.
However, SURELY you must understand that a little flame war, over a topic of misunderstanding (I missed that SP episode) held on a message board, at 2:00am, is *nothing* personal. Just plain fun, albeit at the cost of Karma, which thankfully keeps most flames (such as ours) tucked away.
Fact is, SOMETHING in your life is so bad, it would, as you said, make me wake up at night screaming.
Talk with us. Share with us. Did a spam e-mail not deliver on a promise to increase the size of your little "member"? Did the photo of me and your girlfriend, in her locker, tear at a tender heart? Did the fact that you went to school on a short yellow bus confuse your simple mind? Don't fear. Tell me how I, a total stranger - nay - mere words on a chat room page, can "Go away." and you shall triumph over your fears. Everyone marvels at your strength! How brave and brazen of you to scold the great Eric_Cartman_South_P. The girls will scream your name! Your parents will finally love you! All is well in the little bubble of the nexus you call your world! I cowar and hide and pray - oh pray - that my humble firewall protects me from your wrath.
As to the "wake up screaming" bit, sorry to hear it! Listen, having to copy homework in the hallways 5 minutes before the bell rings is indeed a panic situation. However, times call for calm heads. Don't loose sleep over it.
;) Yeah, I'm just flaming away. Karma to burn. Take it easy. It's a chatroom. It's not like you opened your girlfriends locker and found a picture of her and me together, taped to the inside of the door with a pink-ink heart drawn around my face in her handwritting!
Ouch, I can feel the heat of your as-yet unwritten response! Normal fans, disregard this post. It's not my usual somewhat thoughtfull self. I'm sleepy, but up working/browsing/playing techno files, and decided "lets have fun with this one poster". He's probrably trying to think how he can get tools off Kazaa to h@xor me.;)
Haven't watched the episode yet. So whatever the reference, it is lost on me. All I saw was a lame and racist post. Maybe after watching the latest SP epp, your post will make sence.
I was busy earning some of that money that gets put in my spreadsheet. When you are out of highschool and mom cuts off your allowance, you'll understand about "work". Until then, catch episodes as they air Wed night at 10:00pm sharp and type up little reviews just for me.
...for flaming posters, sit in your car with a hose from the tailpipe looped into the only open crack in one window. Sit for one hour breathing deeply. I sell hoses... well, for you it's FREE.
For everyone else, I help people use over the counter technology to become more productive. At $1,200 per diem fee and a booked calander, it's a fun way to be a geek. Using things I learn on slashdot is good money making FUN. Or, everyone could be like you, and make stupid racist posts.
For anyone so inclined, if you know enough to understand every topic on slashdot, you know enough to be able to incorperate (get an S corp in your State) and charge for what you know. It IS almost as simple as that. After 4 years programming Java (God bless netbeans and vi:) and getting let go, desperation + incorperation = self employment.
And I guess, to be a touch ontopic, use a spreadsheet to track your little S corp. Good luck!
I own a small business (yeah, me, can you believe it?) doing productivity consulting and stuffs. Although it takes me longer than it would if things were automatic, I use SPREADSHEETS for everything financial. I own it, it's mine, and I can do what I want.
I looked at QuickBooks, MS Money, etc and for complete control, nothing can match using spreadsheets for all the tracking, etc. One master spreadsheet for accounting gets numbers from all the other spreadsheets (sales, expenses, etc). Will I need something stronger a year or two from now? Yeah, and I'll be reading the posts right here for an idea on what I will do then. But for anyone who is a one-h@x0r shop up to a couple of employees, spreadsheets fit the bill just fine. Oh, and of course online banking (Citibank is pretty sweet and reasonable fees for corporate account).
I find it truely sad that someone can't offer an opposing scientific theory
That opposing "theory" usually involves people who walk on water, a globe covered in water with one little boat floating around, etc.
Most religious types don't like evolution because it forces them to realize that although there is a factual core to their religion, it is mostly stories. Stories. Back in the day, if you didn't understand something, it was attributed to God, demons, etc. Apart from the BSD devil, demons don't exist. Sickness is caused by GERMS, BACTERIA, etc. So don't bother with holly water, you need to visit your pharmacy.
When I see people start comming up with so many reasons why water doesn't exist on mars, chances are it is because they don't want to find life on other planets. That fact alone would discredit most religions on this planet.
Nothing wrong with religion. I was raised cathlic, and plan on a white church wedding (yum, honeymoon!). But to explain things, I turn to a page of science first, the bible dead last. And when I see scientists try to discredit water on mars, martian bacteria in rocks, etc, it is most of the time obvious that they are Sunday church goers to have to face their own fears that their religion is one big story, before they can let the science through.
...this is just more of the Religion-loving-earth-is-only-place-with-life stories. Don't even TRY to tell me the entire planet was carved out with melting rocks. It was WATER people. Face it, the universe if full of life. Mars had & has water. Mars had & has life. When the first scoop of dirt comes back to Earth from mars in a decade or so, we'll see that life is EVERYWHERE.
On a related story, the earth is NOT flat. Oh, and WE go around the SUN! Amazing, isn't it?
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Powerfull prompt action? I wish bash had th... oh wait...
I can see it now. John C. Dvorak blurting about how great and flexible it is to "telnet into a box and get a prompt to do anything you want" and how the unix boys almost had it right. And that Java is dead.
7. Profit!
New users don't have the same inquisitive nature that most Slashdoters have. I think if we get these new users onto a box that almost never crashes, works well, and doesn't need to be shut down every night in order to have a "fresh" pc in the morning, they will be hooked. Then later on they can play with colors and desktops and package updates and - perchance - drop to a shell. Telling them about Open Source, MS EULA's, Windoze security holes, that Duken Nukem will be out "when it's done" :) ...that comes much much later.
Just get them on a *nix box, and they will be hooked. This GUI looks to be a vital first step.
I'll be taking a look at Pernutation City. Thanks for the sugestion...
I'll do all that right now for free! Just pay for the plane ticket and tell the Mrs to slip into something more comfortable. And for the car, one coat or two?
Yeah, I know, RTFM and spend more time searching on Google... just thought I'd pick your smart brain in addition. Thanks!
Digital TV in 2006? Jan 2nd, 2006, they update the boxes. All signals carry a little extra space for extra info. In Engalnd, isn't Teletext pushed that way? Doesn't radio send info to capable receivers? How much space does a no-copy byte take? Answer: 8 bits! Not hard to pack in...
Thanks for the laugh.
How many females do you know that would mount something with one large nut?
Oh, and I'm building this cantena tomorrow. Kewl.
At at a minimum, PLEASE don't put the wifi chip on the mobo. make it user replaceable, like ram, so I can swap it with something better then that time comes. No? Maybe certain frequencies all need their own antenna design, and I need to get a clue... I just LOVE built in antennas etc on notebooks though.
However, SURELY you must understand that a little flame war, over a topic of misunderstanding (I missed that SP episode) held on a message board, at 2:00am, is *nothing* personal. Just plain fun, albeit at the cost of Karma, which thankfully keeps most flames (such as ours) tucked away.
Talk with us. Share with us. Did a spam e-mail not deliver on a promise to increase the size of your little "member"? Did the photo of me and your girlfriend, in her locker, tear at a tender heart? Did the fact that you went to school on a short yellow bus confuse your simple mind? Don't fear. Tell me how I, a total stranger - nay - mere words on a chat room page, can "Go away." and you shall triumph over your fears. Everyone marvels at your strength! How brave and brazen of you to scold the great Eric_Cartman_South_P. The girls will scream your name! Your parents will finally love you! All is well in the little bubble of the nexus you call your world! I cowar and hide and pray - oh pray - that my humble firewall protects me from your wrath.
:)
As to the "wake up screaming" bit, sorry to hear it! Listen, having to copy homework in the hallways 5 minutes before the bell rings is indeed a panic situation. However, times call for calm heads. Don't loose sleep over it.
;) Yeah, I'm just flaming away. Karma to burn. Take it easy. It's a chatroom. It's not like you opened your girlfriends locker and found a picture of her and me together, taped to the inside of the door with a pink-ink heart drawn around my face in her handwritting!
Ouch, I can feel the heat of your as-yet unwritten response! Normal fans, disregard this post. It's not my usual somewhat thoughtfull self. I'm sleepy, but up working/browsing/playing techno files, and decided "lets have fun with this one poster". He's probrably trying to think how he can get tools off Kazaa to h@xor me. ;)
I was busy earning some of that money that gets put in my spreadsheet. When you are out of highschool and mom cuts off your allowance, you'll understand about "work". Until then, catch episodes as they air Wed night at 10:00pm sharp and type up little reviews just for me.
For everyone else, I help people use over the counter technology to become more productive. At $1,200 per diem fee and a booked calander, it's a fun way to be a geek. Using things I learn on slashdot is good money making FUN. Or, everyone could be like you, and make stupid racist posts.
For anyone so inclined, if you know enough to understand every topic on slashdot, you know enough to be able to incorperate (get an S corp in your State) and charge for what you know. It IS almost as simple as that. After 4 years programming Java (God bless netbeans and vi :) and getting let go, desperation + incorperation = self employment.
And I guess, to be a touch ontopic, use a spreadsheet to track your little S corp. Good luck!
Mozilla ~ 1 sec.
IE ~ 1 sec.
Phoenix ~ 1 sec.
Photoshop ~ 1 sec.
Lightwave rendering of Shrek scene ~ 1 sec.
3DES cracking ~ 1 sec.
Trillionth digit of pi ~ 1 sec.
Hope you find these results usefull. Remember, it's just a close approximation.
I looked at QuickBooks, MS Money, etc and for complete control, nothing can match using spreadsheets for all the tracking, etc. One master spreadsheet for accounting gets numbers from all the other spreadsheets (sales, expenses, etc). Will I need something stronger a year or two from now? Yeah, and I'll be reading the posts right here for an idea on what I will do then. But for anyone who is a one-h@x0r shop up to a couple of employees, spreadsheets fit the bill just fine. Oh, and of course online banking (Citibank is pretty sweet and reasonable fees for corporate account).
Good luck!
That opposing "theory" usually involves people who walk on water, a globe covered in water with one little boat floating around, etc.
Most religious types don't like evolution because it forces them to realize that although there is a factual core to their religion, it is mostly stories. Stories. Back in the day, if you didn't understand something, it was attributed to God, demons, etc. Apart from the BSD devil, demons don't exist. Sickness is caused by GERMS, BACTERIA, etc. So don't bother with holly water, you need to visit your pharmacy.
When I see people start comming up with so many reasons why water doesn't exist on mars, chances are it is because they don't want to find life on other planets. That fact alone would discredit most religions on this planet.
Nothing wrong with religion. I was raised cathlic, and plan on a white church wedding (yum, honeymoon!). But to explain things, I turn to a page of science first, the bible dead last. And when I see scientists try to discredit water on mars, martian bacteria in rocks, etc, it is most of the time obvious that they are Sunday church goers to have to face their own fears that their religion is one big story, before they can let the science through.
On a related story, the earth is NOT flat. Oh, and WE go around the SUN! Amazing, isn't it?
How does my quip "iPod'ers with 20 gig drives wouldn't lose sleep over it" become quoted as "20G should be enough for anyone!" in your post?
You must work for CNN.