I will definitely buy Tycoon. I used to play Tycoon I for hours on my old CGA 286. I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread.
I can't express how cool it is that we're getting all of the good games ported to Linux now. I plan to buy CTP, as well. I've never played it, and it may just sit on my shelf looking pretty, but I wouldn't care. These games companies need to see a great response from the Linux community, so they port the rest of the cool games over.
I think the best thing we can do as a whole would be to go ahead and buy these pieces of software, thereby voting with our pocketbooks. The upside for us, aside from getting to play without Win95/98/NT, is that by only buying the cream of the crop, we get only the best stuff. Saves a lot of time in choosing a new distraction, I would think.
I should really be studying for my Ethics final. Has anyone ever cheated on an Ethics exam? I almost want to, just for the irony of it all.
My panel was crashing every time I sneezed for a while. Then I compiled gnome-core 1.0.5 and gnome-libs 1.0.8, and everything has been peachy for me ever since. I'm pretty sure it was gnome-lib giving me the problems, because before I installed it the panel was spewing error messages like nobody's business. Now it is quiet. And it is good.
This is under WindowMaker, but I doubt that has any relevance.
On the contrary, I like the prefixes people add to their programs. That way I know right away if it is meant to work with KDE or Gnome or whatever right off the bat.
I've considered having Gnome and KDE running at the same time so I can run everything that appears on Freshmeat, but I think my head would explode.
Nope, this is a lot different. In spread spectrum, the carrier jumps around the spectrum in a previously determined pattern (so the receiver "knows" where the carrier will be next) whereas this pulse method transmits on all frequencies at once, more or less.
Heh, my digital communications prof likes to point out that the Spread Spectrum patent is held by the old time actress Hedy Lamarr. A shining example of a geek chick, eh?
URL for some data on this: http://www.ncafe.com/chris/pat2/index.html
I'll preface this by saying that I'm 21 now, but...
I wholeheartedly agree with BigZaphod on this one. When I was between 16 and 18, I was trying to do things the "adult world" just wasn't ready for me to try yet, like getting a motorcycle endorsement and going to a local college for my senior year studies. This meant that I was out in public during normal school hours, for which I got a lot of hassle from shopkeepers and the local law enforcement. "Hey kid, shouldn't you be in school?"
I started in my real college at 18, and I still had problems with parental consent forms and curfews. It was only at 19 that things started to settle down so I could go about my business without getting hassled.
To bring this back on topic, I hope the media exposure of these young men will show society that we aren't just a bunch of dope fiends bent on self destruction. We need more examples of geeks doing their thing, so everybody: GET TO IT. Do something spectacular to show the world you're not worthless.
Unfortunately, it's too late for me now. I'll be graduating in a couple of months, and I'll be expected to do this sort of thing on a daily basis. Yah, right.
Since it appears no one has bothered to read the FCC announcement, I quote a piece of it here:
This means that those consumers who continue to access the Internet by dialing a seven-digit number will not incur long distance charges when they do so.
This was available from the index page of the FCC website. It appears that this is aimed at the baby bells and such, rather than us poor bandwidth sucking Slashdot Longhairs.
This summer I had the honor of installing SAMBA on a new O2 the company had for running SurfCAM. Quick, painless, and frighteningly easy once I downloaded the package from SGI's freeware site.
The motorcycle shop I worked in used SCO for the main server, and Pentiums with '95 for the POS terminals. This was because the microfiche database was totally scanned in so we could just pick the part from a picture. Good for, um, less mechanically inclined customers who could just point at the picture and grunt.
Our competition just went to an IBM RS/6000 with dumb terminals this summer. I had some serious hardware envy.
I think "cool" is a very good word to describe Linus, as far as I've seen. I've watched some RealVideos of him, and he's always very calm and, well, confidence inspiring.
Notably lacking are the typical programmer/geek "um, ah" interjections. Linus takes time to phrase a response, making sure he says exactly what he wants to say. I can see strong correlations between his delivery and portions of the Linux Advocacy HOWTO.
This is something I think a lot of "Slashdot Longhairs" would do well to emulate. I see a lot of too-quick, off-the-cuff responses, to be kind. I think recent media attention shows that the free software community is in the spotlight now, and we must shine if we are to prevail.
I sift through www.mp3.com quite a bit, and there are some real gems in there. There are several sites dedicated to promoting small or unsigned bands on the web; you just have to look for them.
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I will definitely buy Tycoon. I used to play Tycoon I for hours on my old CGA 286. I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread.
I can't express how cool it is that we're getting all of the good games ported to Linux now. I plan to buy CTP, as well. I've never played it, and it may just sit on my shelf looking pretty, but I wouldn't care. These games companies need to see a great response from the Linux community, so they port the rest of the cool games over.
I think the best thing we can do as a whole would be to go ahead and buy these pieces of software, thereby voting with our pocketbooks. The upside for us, aside from getting to play without Win95/98/NT, is that by only buying the cream of the crop, we get only the best stuff. Saves a lot of time in choosing a new distraction, I would think.
I should really be studying for my Ethics final. Has anyone ever cheated on an Ethics exam? I almost want to, just for the irony of it all.
My panel was crashing every time I sneezed for a while. Then I compiled gnome-core 1.0.5 and gnome-libs 1.0.8, and everything has been peachy for me ever since. I'm pretty sure it was gnome-lib giving me the problems, because before I installed it the panel was spewing error messages like nobody's business. Now it is quiet. And it is good.
This is under WindowMaker, but I doubt that has any relevance.
On the contrary, I like the prefixes people add to their programs. That way I know right away if it is meant to work with KDE or Gnome or whatever right off the bat.
I've considered having Gnome and KDE running at the same time so I can run everything that appears on Freshmeat, but I think my head would explode.
Nope, this is a lot different. In spread spectrum, the carrier jumps around the spectrum in a previously determined pattern (so the receiver "knows" where the carrier will be next) whereas this pulse method transmits on all frequencies at once, more or less.
Heh, my digital communications prof likes to point out that the Spread Spectrum patent is held by the old time actress Hedy Lamarr. A shining example of a geek chick, eh?
URL for some data on this: http://www.ncafe.com/chris/pat2/index.html
I'll preface this by saying that I'm 21 now, but...
I wholeheartedly agree with BigZaphod on this one. When I was between 16 and 18, I was trying to do things the "adult world" just wasn't ready for me to try yet, like getting a motorcycle endorsement and going to a local college for my senior year studies. This meant that I was out in public during normal school hours, for which I got a lot of hassle from shopkeepers and the local law enforcement. "Hey kid, shouldn't you be in school?"
I started in my real college at 18, and I still had problems with parental consent forms and curfews. It was only at 19 that things started to settle down so I could go about my business without getting hassled.
To bring this back on topic, I hope the media exposure of these young men will show society that we aren't just a bunch of dope fiends bent on self destruction. We need more examples of geeks doing their thing, so everybody: GET TO IT. Do something spectacular to show the world you're not worthless.
Unfortunately, it's too late for me now. I'll be graduating in a couple of months, and I'll be expected to do this sort of thing on a daily basis. Yah, right.
Wow, I'd have never seen that. Cool.
Now I'm going to be looking at subheadings like
that for weeks...crap.
If you did all of these things (SAMBA, X, themes,
etc.) wouldn't you just have *NIX again? In that
case, yes, you would have a decent OS.
Someone said "those who don't learn from UNIX are
doomed to re-invent it, badly." Or something to
that effect.
Get a sense of humor, man!
Don't tell me the thought of an iMac, albeit
one made of Jell-O, dropping seven stories
doesn't make you warm and fuzzy.
For the record, I think Macs are neat, as long
as they're not running MacOS. I'm going to
cluster seven iMacs and name them after the
Seven Dwarves.
And the primary box will be named Hank.
That's because Star Wars takes place Long Ago
in a galaxy Far Away. How can you expect older
weapons like that to compete with Photon Torpedoes?
Sheesh.
FCC announcement, I quote a piece of it here:
This was available from the index page of the FCC
website. It appears that this is aimed at the
baby bells and such, rather than us poor bandwidth
sucking Slashdot Longhairs.
Sorry, hit the enter key in haste.
This summer I had the honor of installing SAMBA
on a new O2 the company had for running SurfCAM.
Quick, painless, and frighteningly easy once I
downloaded the package from SGI's freeware site.
Sure beat FTP-ing crap all over the place.
The motorcycle shop I worked in used SCO for the
main server, and Pentiums with '95 for the POS
terminals. This was because the microfiche database
was totally scanned in so we could just pick
the part from a picture. Good for, um, less
mechanically inclined customers who could just
point at the picture and grunt.
Our competition just went to an IBM RS/6000
with dumb terminals this summer. I had some
serious hardware envy.
I think "cool" is a very good word to describe Linus, as far as I've seen. I've watched some RealVideos of him, and he's always very calm and, well, confidence inspiring.
Notably lacking are the typical programmer/geek "um, ah" interjections. Linus takes time to phrase a response, making sure he says exactly what he wants to say. I can see strong correlations between his delivery and portions of the Linux Advocacy HOWTO.
This is something I think a lot of "Slashdot Longhairs" would do well to emulate. I see a lot of too-quick, off-the-cuff responses, to be kind. I think recent media attention shows that the free software community is in the spotlight now, and we must shine if we are to prevail.
I sift through www.mp3.com quite a bit, and there are some real gems in there.
There are several sites dedicated to promoting small or unsigned bands on the web; you just have to look for them.