I'm only 21, but I grew up on AMIGA's. I lived in Holland till I was 10, so it was only natural. I didn't have a PC clone untill I was 12.
*deep nostalgic sigh*
As far as I can tell, the AMIGA really was just about the perfect computer. I can't even imagine what computing would be like today if Commodore still ruled the ring... (Remember - they really did in the late 80's in every place but the US)
For some reason it was decided that only the Wright brothers' attempt really counted and was worth teaching in schools, however. Go us, we invented the plane, etc.
I hear BS like this all of the time, but that's simply not the truth. The Wright Brothers' attempt started the true evolution towards current flight capabilities.
Much in the the same way, Dutchman Laurens Janszoon Coster invented the Printing Press in 1440. However, Gutenberg invented his version with no knowledge of Janszoon's press. Janszoon still did it first, but you know what? It was GUTENBERG's invention that set off the revolution that allowed the printing press to be adopted into the mainstream. Because of this, Gutenberg's invention was more important, not Janszoon's.
To top it all off? I'm Dutch. And, yet, I would gladly give the glory to Gutenberg, cause the circumstances around his invention made something happen.
Much the same way with the Wright Brothers. Something happened after their flight.
When one attempts to point out "fault" in History, it is most likely due to a lacking perception of one's self, and the need to make yourself feel "smart". Remember that History is shaped by all humanity, not one or two decision makers, and because of that reason we can probably put faith into it. There is a reason the Wrights are known as the first flyers...
You can have a good and secure firewall even without NAT, in case you didn't know
Kinda, but not fully. Unless you have services that need be accessed, there is no reason not to use NAT. If you use RFC 1918 space, NAT outbound, you simply cannot hit my machine. You can't even reach it. Unless you compromise a dual-homed system, or find a modem that's answering, or steal a valid VPN key and account. But besides very unlikely situations, you just can't reach my systems. You try to hit the IP I have set on my box here, and your packets are dropped at YOUR router before they even hit the net.
I agree with this entirely. As far as I can tell, it only adds to my post.
In the mean time, little things are happening, like my mom switched to Linux. She was sick one day, called me at work, asked me if I had "freecell" on my laptop. I had a default install of RedHat, and I did. Gave her an account to login remotely, and she sat in bed playing freecell. Even just playing freecell, she was so much impressed with how clean everything was, how she didn't have to deal with stupid pop ups, or wait for half an hour while Windows (and it's spy-ware transients) loaded, I was able to convince her to switch.
She needs: email, web browsing and word processing. And that part we have down pat.
Moded up as funny, but actually in a strange way insightful...
You run Linux. I run Linux. For the added beauty of this operating system, we have to make compromises. Right now, that is software (specifically game) support.
The answer is simply to continue to run Linux and continue to show others how wonderful this OS is.
We need numbers before companies will port all of their games to Linux. I can't blame them in the least, if I was the CEO of a gaming company, I wouldn't waste my time and effort porting something to Linux.
Unfortunately, the answer is not "MAKE THEM PORT GAMES SO MORE USERS WILL COME!!!??!?!"
The answer is, get more users. Once Linux has a significant share of the desktop community, the games will follow suit.
Not all geeks only have geek friends. For example, right now my AIM buddy list has 173 people on it. Some of these are coworkers, some are family and a vast majority of them are just random friends. I could probably name about a dozen or two dozen people out of that number that use IRC/are capable enough to use IRC. However, random cute girl from English class doesn't use IRC, and is not going to bother to learn how to use a much more confusing protocol.
If the entire world were made up of Slashdot browsers and Linux geeks, your arguement would make sense. But, it simply isn't. The majority of the people out there are Windows users who don't WANT to know what's actually going on. And that is also the majority of my buddy list.
I'm sorry, but random cute girl from English class doesn't give a fuck about "Open Standards", etc, etc. She just wants to chat with her friends. And I want to chat with her. So, I will continue to use GAIM to talk on AIM.
This is meant as a serious question, not a troll...
I a hardcore geek. So are many of my friends. Many of friends are not geeks at all - just enjoy the Internet. Same with my coworkers and my family.
I know a lot of people, but I don't think I've ever once been asked for my MSN or Yahoo! messenger Screen Name. I was honestly under the impression that the VAST VAST majority of people just use AIM.
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The mods may have modded this up as funny, but it's insightful as well. Aside from those with slight disorders (let's say dyslexia, etc.) did anybody actually have any problem reading that? I don't consider myself uber-human, or anything, but I was able to read that at a completely normal speed...
The researchers examined 285 movies from P2P networks and used the quality of the file to determine whether it was some guy with a video camera or not.
They watched 285 unauthorized copies of movies! That adds up to $3.7 billion dollars in fines per researcher, and a minimum of 784 years in prison!!!
Come on, guys! Don't mod it down just cause you have no history in you, and you don't understand! Will a mod who atleast understands how relevant the preceding post is do something to help it back up?
You do realize that the Slashdot effect is normally because customers run out of bandwidth, and their providers cut them off - not because the ISP's network or even server goes down - right? Is there anyone out here who really realizes this, or is it just me?:)
Isn't Theo a Dutch citizen? Do you think that applies at all to the situation of him making comments, and losing the grant?
Not that the Dutch are viewed badly, in the least. Infact, the Dutch are viewed as very good friends, if I'm not mistaken. But, I mean, him being a foreign national, and making those comments...
Since you narrow down the issues that we should not take advice on from the Slashdot crowd, you make it sound like there are issues we should take adivce from the Slashdot crowd on.
I continue to purchase, but only because to me it's the collection aspect I enjoy. It's a huge hobby for me, I own hundreds upon hundreds of CD's. I don't agree with the RIAA, but I'm afraid you'll still have people like me who will gladly pay $15 to have the case, booklet and real CD.
What happens once the first uber gamer solves all the puzzles in the first week? Is the game then just turned into an overglorified chat room?
Kinda funny you should mention that... I'm fairly young (21 years old) and I had only had AMIGA's before I got my first PC about a decade or so ago. When my dad bought that PC, it came with MYST (Like every PC did back then). When the game started, I walked right to the place you had to enter the final code you discovered through playing the game.
If I remember right, it took me about an hour to beat the first MYST. I never played the game at all, I just started sequentially entering all of the possible codes. (Remember, the same place you entered the "final" code was literally the same tile you started the game on...)
Up untill a week ago, I worked for DoE as a contractor in the IT department... There is no Linux that is officially "certified" for usage. Doesn't mean it's not around, but... Officially there is no Linux distro that has been "approved" by DoE.
I am very surpised no one has mentioned this! Find yourself a small, start-up security firm somewhere. Coordinate with them to release the vulnerability information in a proffesional manner. You get the annonimity you need, and the small security firm gets recognition!
One of my best friends is one of the lead programmers for blackboard. So I would like to extremely biased, and tell you that it can't be Blackboard that has issues!
I work with a Government Network Security Team, and just about the entire team is running Linux on the desktop. We use rdesktop to connect to one central terminal server to run exchange clients and things like the ticketing system here
The point that you're missing is that this isn't just a collection of data that is publically accessible. It is also automatic analysis of critical infrastructure points. It's not just a map, it's a map that already shows you "Strike here, cause we've already figured out that striking here will cause major damage!"
Like the "You are Here" arrow on maps in malls. You don't even have to study the map, you just look at the big red arrow to know where you are.
Why has no one brought up that they are now owned by Cisco? Cisco is normally regarded as a fair and tolerant company, overall. I mean... I know they just purchase anyone that might be competition, but... I've always held Cisco in pretty good light...
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I'm only 21, but I grew up on AMIGA's. I lived in Holland till I was 10, so it was only natural. I didn't have a PC clone untill I was 12.
*deep nostalgic sigh*
As far as I can tell, the AMIGA really was just about the perfect computer. I can't even imagine what computing would be like today if Commodore still ruled the ring... (Remember - they really did in the late 80's in every place but the US)
I hear BS like this all of the time, but that's simply not the truth. The Wright Brothers' attempt started the true evolution towards current flight capabilities.
Much in the the same way, Dutchman Laurens Janszoon Coster invented the Printing Press in 1440. However, Gutenberg invented his version with no knowledge of Janszoon's press. Janszoon still did it first, but you know what? It was GUTENBERG's invention that set off the revolution that allowed the printing press to be adopted into the mainstream. Because of this, Gutenberg's invention was more important, not Janszoon's.
To top it all off? I'm Dutch. And, yet, I would gladly give the glory to Gutenberg, cause the circumstances around his invention made something happen.
Much the same way with the Wright Brothers. Something happened after their flight.
When one attempts to point out "fault" in History, it is most likely due to a lacking perception of one's self, and the need to make yourself feel "smart". Remember that History is shaped by all humanity, not one or two decision makers, and because of that reason we can probably put faith into it. There is a reason the Wrights are known as the first flyers...
Kinda, but not fully. Unless you have services that need be accessed, there is no reason not to use NAT. If you use RFC 1918 space, NAT outbound, you simply cannot hit my machine. You can't even reach it. Unless you compromise a dual-homed system, or find a modem that's answering, or steal a valid VPN key and account. But besides very unlikely situations, you just can't reach my systems. You try to hit the IP I have set on my box here, and your packets are dropped at YOUR router before they even hit the net.
Hell with a firewall and not using NAT.
I agree with this entirely. As far as I can tell, it only adds to my post.
In the mean time, little things are happening, like my mom switched to Linux. She was sick one day, called me at work, asked me if I had "freecell" on my laptop. I had a default install of RedHat, and I did. Gave her an account to login remotely, and she sat in bed playing freecell. Even just playing freecell, she was so much impressed with how clean everything was, how she didn't have to deal with stupid pop ups, or wait for half an hour while Windows (and it's spy-ware transients) loaded, I was able to convince her to switch.
She needs: email, web browsing and word processing. And that part we have down pat.
Moded up as funny, but actually in a strange way insightful...
You run Linux. I run Linux. For the added beauty of this operating system, we have to make compromises. Right now, that is software (specifically game) support.
The answer is simply to continue to run Linux and continue to show others how wonderful this OS is.
We need numbers before companies will port all of their games to Linux. I can't blame them in the least, if I was the CEO of a gaming company, I wouldn't waste my time and effort porting something to Linux.
Unfortunately, the answer is not "MAKE THEM PORT GAMES SO MORE USERS WILL COME!!!??!?!"
The answer is, get more users. Once Linux has a significant share of the desktop community, the games will follow suit.
The answer to this is very simple.
Not all geeks only have geek friends. For example, right now my AIM buddy list has 173 people on it. Some of these are coworkers, some are family and a vast majority of them are just random friends. I could probably name about a dozen or two dozen people out of that number that use IRC/are capable enough to use IRC. However, random cute girl from English class doesn't use IRC, and is not going to bother to learn how to use a much more confusing protocol.
If the entire world were made up of Slashdot browsers and Linux geeks, your arguement would make sense. But, it simply isn't. The majority of the people out there are Windows users who don't WANT to know what's actually going on. And that is also the majority of my buddy list.
I'm sorry, but random cute girl from English class doesn't give a fuck about "Open Standards", etc, etc. She just wants to chat with her friends. And I want to chat with her. So, I will continue to use GAIM to talk on AIM.
This is meant as a serious question, not a troll...
I a hardcore geek. So are many of my friends. Many of friends are not geeks at all - just enjoy the Internet. Same with my coworkers and my family.
I know a lot of people, but I don't think I've ever once been asked for my MSN or Yahoo! messenger Screen Name. I was honestly under the impression that the VAST VAST majority of people just use AIM.
Am I wrong?
The mods may have modded this up as funny, but it's insightful as well. Aside from those with slight disorders (let's say dyslexia, etc.) did anybody actually have any problem reading that? I don't consider myself uber-human, or anything, but I was able to read that at a completely normal speed...
They watched 285 unauthorized copies of movies! That adds up to $3.7 billion dollars in fines per researcher, and a minimum of 784 years in prison!!!
Come on, guys! Don't mod it down just cause you have no history in you, and you don't understand! Will a mod who atleast understands how relevant the preceding post is do something to help it back up?
Since I work in security, I have to say that the second programmers know how to code secure applications, I'll be out of a job. So, no.
You do realize that the Slashdot effect is normally because customers run out of bandwidth, and their providers cut them off - not because the ISP's network or even server goes down - right? Is there anyone out here who really realizes this, or is it just me? :)
Isn't Theo a Dutch citizen? Do you think that applies at all to the situation of him making comments, and losing the grant?
Not that the Dutch are viewed badly, in the least. Infact, the Dutch are viewed as very good friends, if I'm not mistaken. But, I mean, him being a foreign national, and making those comments...
Since you narrow down the issues that we should not take advice on from the Slashdot crowd, you make it sound like there are issues we should take adivce from the Slashdot crowd on.
;)
Take advice from Slashdot on anything?
You're new here, aren't you?
I continue to purchase, but only because to me it's the collection aspect I enjoy. It's a huge hobby for me, I own hundreds upon hundreds of CD's. I don't agree with the RIAA, but I'm afraid you'll still have people like me who will gladly pay $15 to have the case, booklet and real CD.
:( :( :(
Sorry guys!
Kinda funny you should mention that... I'm fairly young (21 years old) and I had only had AMIGA's before I got my first PC about a decade or so ago. When my dad bought that PC, it came with MYST (Like every PC did back then). When the game started, I walked right to the place you had to enter the final code you discovered through playing the game.
If I remember right, it took me about an hour to beat the first MYST. I never played the game at all, I just started sequentially entering all of the possible codes. (Remember, the same place you entered the "final" code was literally the same tile you started the game on...)
Up untill a week ago, I worked for DoE as a contractor in the IT department... There is no Linux that is officially "certified" for usage. Doesn't mean it's not around, but... Officially there is no Linux distro that has been "approved" by DoE.
One of the funniest posts I have ever seen... Sometimes I wish we could mod above +5
I am very surpised no one has mentioned this! Find yourself a small, start-up security firm somewhere. Coordinate with them to release the vulnerability information in a proffesional manner. You get the annonimity you need, and the small security firm gets recognition!
Win-win for both of you!
One of my best friends is one of the lead programmers for blackboard. So I would like to extremely biased, and tell you that it can't be Blackboard that has issues!
Can't we blame this on Microsoft somehow instead?
Grues?
Isn't it interesting how in slightly over a decade, IBM has gone from being sworn enemy of geeks all over the world, to best ally?
What will we be thinking about Microsoft in 10 or 15 years?
I work with a Government Network Security Team, and just about the entire team is running Linux on the desktop. We use rdesktop to connect to one central terminal server to run exchange clients and things like the ticketing system here
The point that you're missing is that this isn't just a collection of data that is publically accessible. It is also automatic analysis of critical infrastructure points. It's not just a map, it's a map that already shows you "Strike here, cause we've already figured out that striking here will cause major damage!"
Like the "You are Here" arrow on maps in malls. You don't even have to study the map, you just look at the big red arrow to know where you are.
Why has no one brought up that they are now owned by Cisco? Cisco is normally regarded as a fair and tolerant company, overall. I mean... I know they just purchase anyone that might be competition, but... I've always held Cisco in pretty good light...