Like cable modems & cable? (Slightly OT)
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Granted, I'm not a network person by any stretch of the imagination, so pardon me for being wrong about my assessment of this situation, but I still don't see why I have to have "cable" in order to have a cable broadband connection. I recognize the need for the data stream of cable in order to be able to hit the 'net. But at the very least, I still have to pay for a basic cable package just to have Internet access (DSL is out of the question for where I live). Can't they somehow "scramble" the basic package so I can't see it, give me my broadband connection, and knock the damn $14 a month extra I pay for something I don't want?
And speaking of things I don't want, and a bit of a turn from the previous paragraph, I remember distinctly the argument between myself and my cell provider about all the "extras". They tried hard as hell to sell me on the text messaging, and sms, and all that jazz, but I have NO NEED for that. They tried hard to sell me on the "convenience" of others being able to get in touch with me (as if they couldn't just call my damn number instead), and my response was "I don't want people to be able to find me." Shit, I must pay at least $100+ for crap I don't want!
I thought I heard somewhere Doom 3 was going to be all DirectX (no opengl). It was my understanding that Microsocks threw enough $$$ as Id to convince them of that (or at the very least, promise an X-Box port before anyone else gets one). Not a clue where I heard that from though. Anybody?
...high-pressure methane breathing aliens...given them a high-bandwidth line that we have almost no ability to monitor between the two endpoints...
So, what you're saying is, that if we were all high-pressure methane-breathing aliens who lived under the sea, the RIAA would have a snowball's chance in hell of catching us sharing mp3s, right?
I bet Jacques Cousteau was the p2p king before he kicked the bucket!
The guy who recommended this needs to be fired before his ideas continue to procreate.
"He" my ass. Don't you know the most sensitive creature in the world is a professionally-degreed black female? Dollars to doughnuts a black woman started this BS.
...most types of matter are transparent to microwaves, but metallic conductors, like those found in metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS), metal-semiconductor, and bipolar devices, strongly absorb them, which in turn heats the material...
STFU, your country sucks anyway because it's not the US. Some of us were opposed to the war from the beginning, and I damn sure didn't elect that SOB that's in office now. The only thing Bush had in his favor is he wasn't a pillow-biting baby-killer, but given that it's legal for fags to get married now and Bush says it's cool to kill babies for research, there is nothing noteworthy about him at all anymore (except that he is one apple that fell far from the tree).
No matter what two languages are in the war, Java always ends up losing.
oh for pete's sake, it was just a joke. This is what I hate about programmers: their ego. If you have an ego about programming, you're missing the true beauty of it, and far be it from me to explain it to you. Having said that, I consider the matter closed.
...a smattering of teenagers too young to work at Redmond, hackers, virus creators, and a menagerie of others with whom you will feel great pride in entrusting your IT infrastructure...
Sounds to me like someone from Redmond has been sucking this guy's weiner, stroking his balls, and telling him he's hung like a bear.
What about mozilla.xpi installs?
Or windowsupdate?
Or plugins?
For that matter what about large Active Directory structures that span large areas, even crossing state or country borders, and that utilize SMS for any type of maintenance? Obviously, within a local network it's a no brainer, but I have SysAdmin friends that do manage large networks that are spread all over the world.
I'm not part of the open-source dev community other than it being a personal hobby, so I consider myself just a user. Still, anything pro-Linux is good news to me too. I'm loving my Linux box more and more since I set it up "just because I was curious". There are a few caveats I have, some things that I wish were more Windows-like, but nothing to get your panties in a twist about. Basically, the system has run flawlessly since I set it up, with the exception of that damn Seti@Home software nearly burning up my processor. Windows would have locked up or crashed several times since then. The only problem I have had is with Evolution crashing on exit, but only once in a blue moon, and even then nothing is corrupt.
I'm always pissed off when I have to upgrade or migrate to a newer version of windows, something always gets lost or has to be left behind. Linux is damn near perfect though; I've got total wood for it.
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Granted, I'm not a network person by any stretch of the imagination, so pardon me for being wrong about my assessment of this situation, but I still don't see why I have to have "cable" in order to have a cable broadband connection. I recognize the need for the data stream of cable in order to be able to hit the 'net. But at the very least, I still have to pay for a basic cable package just to have Internet access (DSL is out of the question for where I live). Can't they somehow "scramble" the basic package so I can't see it, give me my broadband connection, and knock the damn $14 a month extra I pay for something I don't want?
And speaking of things I don't want, and a bit of a turn from the previous paragraph, I remember distinctly the argument between myself and my cell provider about all the "extras". They tried hard as hell to sell me on the text messaging, and sms, and all that jazz, but I have NO NEED for that. They tried hard to sell me on the "convenience" of others being able to get in touch with me (as if they couldn't just call my damn number instead), and my response was "I don't want people to be able to find me." Shit, I must pay at least $100+ for crap I don't want!
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Why FreeBSD Rulz j00!
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eh, nothing extraordinary about Paris, but I'd knock a hole in Nikki's ass in a heartbeat...
I thought I heard somewhere Doom 3 was going to be all DirectX (no opengl). It was my understanding that Microsocks threw enough $$$ as Id to convince them of that (or at the very least, promise an X-Box port before anyone else gets one). Not a clue where I heard that from though. Anybody?
...American cities are hidious, with maybe two exceptions (San Fran, New Orleans)...
No offense there chief, but New Orleans SUCKS. It's dirty, it's ugly, and that town farking SMELLS like dead stuff and old beer cans.
...high-pressure methane breathing aliens...given them a high-bandwidth line that we have almost no ability to monitor between the two endpoints...
So, what you're saying is, that if we were all high-pressure methane-breathing aliens who lived under the sea, the RIAA would have a snowball's chance in hell of catching us sharing mp3s, right?
I bet Jacques Cousteau was the p2p king before he kicked the bucket!
...web traffic between the U.S. and Europe has been hit...
I guess that means no underage swedish lolitas for me today...*sigh*
The guy who recommended this needs to be fired before his ideas continue to procreate.
"He" my ass. Don't you know the most sensitive creature in the world is a professionally-degreed black female? Dollars to doughnuts a black woman started this BS.
...sticking my plug into a strange woman's jack is my favorite pastime.
...most types of matter are transparent to microwaves, but metallic conductors, like those found in metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS), metal-semiconductor, and bipolar devices, strongly absorb them, which in turn heats the material...
Curse my manic depression!
STFU, your country sucks anyway because it's not the US. Some of us were opposed to the war from the beginning, and I damn sure didn't elect that SOB that's in office now. The only thing Bush had in his favor is he wasn't a pillow-biting baby-killer, but given that it's legal for fags to get married now and Bush says it's cool to kill babies for research, there is nothing noteworthy about him at all anymore (except that he is one apple that fell far from the tree).
No matter what two languages are in the war, Java always ends up losing.
oh for pete's sake, it was just a joke. This is what I hate about programmers: their ego. If you have an ego about programming, you're missing the true beauty of it, and far be it from me to explain it to you. Having said that, I consider the matter closed.
The movie wasn't that great, but at least it was better than Reloaded
Gawd, I hope so. That anal-rape scene between Neo & Trinity at the start of Reloaded was just downright disturbing.
I wrote a program in Qbasic to solve it. Is that cheating?
Yeah, well...the program I wrote in C to solve the cube is orders of magnitude faster than your QBasic program, so I win.
I, for one, look forward to playing Stephen Hawking in Unreal Tournament 2004...
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I hear ya...Home Movies is da bomb, yo. I like the anime stuff mostly, except for Kikkaider and that ghastly Big O. Fooly Cooly forever!!!
...the Cartoon Network...
Don't you mean the Genndy Tartakovsky Network? It seems like he makes every single show on CN. Well, except for the good ones.
...so, just how many is 1M? Doesn't sound so impressive to me.
...a smattering of teenagers too young to work at Redmond, hackers, virus creators, and a menagerie of others with whom you will feel great pride in entrusting your IT infrastructure...
Sounds to me like someone from Redmond has been sucking this guy's weiner, stroking his balls, and telling him he's hung like a bear.
What about mozilla .xpi installs?
Or windowsupdate?
Or plugins?
For that matter what about large Active Directory structures that span large areas, even crossing state or country borders, and that utilize SMS for any type of maintenance? Obviously, within a local network it's a no brainer, but I have SysAdmin friends that do manage large networks that are spread all over the world.
And no, I didn't RTFA.
what about those of us that didn't pay anything for it?
Great stuff
I'm not part of the open-source dev community other than it being a personal hobby, so I consider myself just a user. Still, anything pro-Linux is good news to me too. I'm loving my Linux box more and more since I set it up "just because I was curious". There are a few caveats I have, some things that I wish were more Windows-like, but nothing to get your panties in a twist about. Basically, the system has run flawlessly since I set it up, with the exception of that damn Seti@Home software nearly burning up my processor. Windows would have locked up or crashed several times since then. The only problem I have had is with Evolution crashing on exit, but only once in a blue moon, and even then nothing is corrupt.
I'm always pissed off when I have to upgrade or migrate to a newer version of windows, something always gets lost or has to be left behind. Linux is damn near perfect though; I've got total wood for it.
What kind of message does that send to the developers who work for Gates?"
That Bill Gates likes to smoke meat cigars?
I like Code Crusader myself.