I agree that debate is a lost art, and politics has become consumerized just like everything else; whoever advertises the most and trashes their opponent the best seems to win.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure that in our current atmosphere that this will ever change. It may be more of a function of the type of people that are being attracted to run for office, than the attitudes of the public. So the only solution may be for some principled individuals to rise to power and set an example. (Libertarians, while extremist, are a good example of the principled sort.)
If Opera is crashing, try increasing your swap or adding new swap space. I found that this decreased crashes from several per day to once per week or so. (There seem to be some pretty large memory usage in current versions at times.)
Java is (supposedly) fixed for the last time in 6.1. Try it.
why buy a $550 CPU and motherboard for the PPC architecture, a $50 case, a hard drive, a keyboard, a mouse, and a CD-ROM drive
Maybe it could be because some of us like to support alternatives and see their importance in keeping the marketplace diverse? You know, all that silly "ensuring through our choices today that we will continue to have a choice in the future" and other such rot.
Of course this sort of thing doesn't matter to the typical consumer, for whom all decisions are made within a purely immediate context. (I only buy what is biggest/best and costs the least, and I want it THIS INSTANT!) Move along now, nothing to see here.
Um, wrong. PDF is a subset of Postscript, and it can contain text (rendered in the native system's fonts) as well as image data. It can also contain "marked-up" portions of the image, that are rendered as images, but have text associated with them (so you can copy and paste outside the PDF by selecting a part of the image as you would a block of text).
No. You would have to either run your own DNS server, or point your DNS resolver to somebody's DNS server who is resolving OpenNIC names. (Such as the previous poster, if he would give out the IP address of his NS.)
Wait... isn't that what Linux users normally say about Linux?
Yep, but the difference is that when you get frustrated and hand your system over to a Linux expert, they can solve the problem (when it is solvable) and tell you how to avoid it in the future. Try doing that with one of these Windows trolls. The best answer you'll get is that "you need a fresh install".
Why is parent modded troll? This is an important question to ask. Is economic-political speech worth protecting, or does it really do more harm than good?
Why do you assume he is running Cygwin? There are plenty of commercial X servers for Windows. And why should any of them cause the machine to slow down?
When a human plays nothing new, it's not a new song. How can you express your emotions with other peoples' words?
I think that's the real heart of the problem, though. These are people that are putting business ahead of altruism. These are people that don't have anything musical to say, but know they can make a quick buck with another Santana dance remix or samplefest.
The real heart of the problem here is that economic, purely rational motivation has become pervasive in the musical culture of today. People are willing to be dishonest and betray a listener's musical trust if it means more profit.
Sadly, the only people not buying into it tend to be musicians themselves. The rest of the rabble slurps it right up, and calls us snobby luddites for suggesting that what they are listening to really is completely devoid of art, passion, and noveau.
Though I am a SCSI man, i can see the future need for SATA. Right now it may be mainly a marketing ploy... But in a couple years it will be a necessity. Parallel cabling is nearing the end of the road..
but SCSI just can't compete with monster cheap IDE drives.
Wrong. The manufacturers have chosen to segregate the market and to place SCSI drives at the high end. This is not a limitation of "SCSI", it is a marketing choice.
Excellent opening. Inflammatory and churlish, but not outrageous. Introduces the reader to your intent very succinctly.
Microsoft is as evil as any other software company out there. Microsoft has done NOTHING DIFFERENT than any other software company that is dominant in their particular market - Apple.vs Power Computing or ComputerAssociates being the prime examples. The only difference is that Microsoft is a much bigger target than Apple, ComputerAssociates or any other "market leader".
Blah blah blah, Microsoft is maintaining the status quo, so we should embrace them for that, instead of knocking their world-domination schemes at every turn. I don't see the logic in it.
Rather, I see that if we hold the biggest and most abusive company accountable for its actions, then every other company will realize that nobody is above the law or the standards that their customers set. The result is that the marketplace will become less about control and more about producing a good product that people will buy.
But this would require knowledge and vigilance on the part of the consuming public, so I don't hold my breath for it to happen anytime soon. After all, the consumers maintain the status quo too, and become irate when anyone suggests that they should become more politically aware.
then you should perform a "sanity check" on your morals
Nice straw man. Who said the original poster was a filthy immoral pirate?
And I don't see why a commercial operating system has to spy on its users (implied by "otherwise, stick with free/open source software"). If more people were aware of what was going on in their system, they might be more concerned about it. But with commercials on TV from MS Marketing being the only avenue from which the typical consumer receives information, how are they supposed to know? It would be much different if there was a competitor in town, because the competitor would be slinging mud all over these "features", and MS would be forced to get rid of this big brother crap or lose marketshare.
A simple solution to the DRM debacle is this:
This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. If I'm not willing to give up control of my computer to a 3rd party, what makes you think I'm going to allow them to disable features I've already enjoyed for ages?
The answer is simple: make it illegal to have software that...
Is that a new law? No thanks. We have enough already.
I don't know why anyone hasn't seen this issue from this angle before - it's not "rocket science".
That's right, and it's also not political science -- it's an uninformed individual calling for more legislation to solve a problem that doesn't exist. Just because the MPAA and RIAA bleat on and on about how piracy will kill them, doesn't mean that it is true, or that we even have to listen to them. Their business is not to be propped up by legislation in the face of new technology.
Concerning RMS - he reminds me too much of the hippies that still hang-out at UC Berkeley and still protest for "free" love and "free" drugs - since you can't get either anymore, "free" software un-naturally fits the criteria for protest; "If THE MAN is keeping you from getting IT, Protest!"
More typical "big government is good, and would never hurt me" advocacy. These "hippies" are doing more for your freedom than your stance will ever accomplish. You might reconsider your attitude towards them.
I think it just stems from a narrow-minded view of "which gets me the biggest numbers for my $". Numbers can be measured in GB, speed, whatever. But at long as the perceived value for the dollar is there, people will continue to buy IDE stuff and laugh at people who buy SCSI for whatever reason.
It is quite similar to people who buy Microsoft and deride people who use free software purely on perceived rational merits. "You paid what for your operating system? HAHA, how good could it be?" "I used UNIX when I was in grade school in the 70's. It's clearly outdated technology, because Windows == new, shiny!"
A few other posters seem to think I was trying to start the old device interface pissing match back up again. I think it's difficult for them to understand that if everyone only buys one technology when there are competing technologies with equal merits, everything but that one technology tends to disappear. In the marketplace, that is a bad thing, because not having choice allows one to be taken advantage of rather easily.
Sure, whatever you want. But the original post was talking cost-effective, and SCSI just isn't anymore, except maybe in heavily loaded server situations.
The original post was also talking about optical drives. Your arrogant reply is out of context.
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Yes, they are quite "silling" for "belieiving it". I agree.
I agree that debate is a lost art, and politics has become consumerized just like everything else; whoever advertises the most and trashes their opponent the best seems to win.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure that in our current atmosphere that this will ever change. It may be more of a function of the type of people that are being attracted to run for office, than the attitudes of the public. So the only solution may be for some principled individuals to rise to power and set an example. (Libertarians, while extremist, are a good example of the principled sort.)
news.opera.com has discussion groups that you might drop into. opera.linux deals specifically with the Linux port.
If Opera is crashing, try increasing your swap or adding new swap space. I found that this decreased crashes from several per day to once per week or so. (There seem to be some pretty large memory usage in current versions at times.)
Java is (supposedly) fixed for the last time in 6.1. Try it.
Of course this sort of thing doesn't matter to the typical consumer, for whom all decisions are made within a purely immediate context. (I only buy what is biggest/best and costs the least, and I want it THIS INSTANT!) Move along now, nothing to see here.
Here is a more direct link.
http://dbz.icequake.net/oldskool/dob/
No. You would have to either run your own DNS server, or point your DNS resolver to somebody's DNS server who is resolving OpenNIC names. (Such as the previous poster, if he would give out the IP address of his NS.)
Zero-copy NFS is slated for kernel 2.6.
Mods, if you disagree: post, don't moderate.
Why do you assume he is running Cygwin? There are plenty of commercial X servers for Windows. And why should any of them cause the machine to slow down?
The real heart of the problem here is that economic, purely rational motivation has become pervasive in the musical culture of today. People are willing to be dishonest and betray a listener's musical trust if it means more profit.
Sadly, the only people not buying into it tend to be musicians themselves. The rest of the rabble slurps it right up, and calls us snobby luddites for suggesting that what they are listening to really is completely devoid of art, passion, and noveau.
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20 020610corp_a.htm
Rather, I see that if we hold the biggest and most abusive company accountable for its actions, then every other company will realize that nobody is above the law or the standards that their customers set. The result is that the marketplace will become less about control and more about producing a good product that people will buy.
But this would require knowledge and vigilance on the part of the consuming public, so I don't hold my breath for it to happen anytime soon. After all, the consumers maintain the status quo too, and become irate when anyone suggests that they should become more politically aware.
Nice straw man. Who said the original poster was a filthy immoral pirate?And I don't see why a commercial operating system has to spy on its users (implied by "otherwise, stick with free/open source software"). If more people were aware of what was going on in their system, they might be more concerned about it. But with commercials on TV from MS Marketing being the only avenue from which the typical consumer receives information, how are they supposed to know? It would be much different if there was a competitor in town, because the competitor would be slinging mud all over these "features", and MS would be forced to get rid of this big brother crap or lose marketshare.
This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. If I'm not willing to give up control of my computer to a 3rd party, what makes you think I'm going to allow them to disable features I've already enjoyed for ages? Is that a new law? No thanks. We have enough already. That's right, and it's also not political science -- it's an uninformed individual calling for more legislation to solve a problem that doesn't exist. Just because the MPAA and RIAA bleat on and on about how piracy will kill them, doesn't mean that it is true, or that we even have to listen to them. Their business is not to be propped up by legislation in the face of new technology. More typical "big government is good, and would never hurt me" advocacy. These "hippies" are doing more for your freedom than your stance will ever accomplish. You might reconsider your attitude towards them.Or, you could simply maintain a donor pig as a pet, or in the backyard. Then you'd be covered should such a situation arise. :)
Aren't we all at times, though? :)
It is quite similar to people who buy Microsoft and deride people who use free software purely on perceived rational merits. "You paid what for your operating system? HAHA, how good could it be?" "I used UNIX when I was in grade school in the 70's. It's clearly outdated technology, because Windows == new, shiny!"
A few other posters seem to think I was trying to start the old device interface pissing match back up again. I think it's difficult for them to understand that if everyone only buys one technology when there are competing technologies with equal merits, everything but that one technology tends to disappear. In the marketplace, that is a bad thing, because not having choice allows one to be taken advantage of rather easily.