Do any virus writers read Slashdot? And if so, would any of you care to explain *why* you do it? Ignoring the simple macro viruses, some stuff, especially the polymorphic ones are incredilbly clever pieces of code. Why put that talent to waste?
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
I'm also looking to upgrade fairly soon. I've read a lot about the Abit KA7 m/board which supports PC133. Unfortunately it apparently has problems with some DIMM's (due to the KX133 chipset so maybe other boards suffer the same). Specifically 128M DIMM's don't work until a 64M DIMM has been in. Has anyone had any experience with this? In all other aspects the board is really good, but I don't want to buy one and find it doesn't like the memory.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
It seems to me that although open source has forced a major improvement in software development, it's done the exact opposite for manners. Since when was it polite to tell people how and when they should do something? They (like me) will release their source as and when they see fit. You have *no* right to tell them otherwise you miserable little bastards. Accept what you're given gratefully, else you may find you won't get it again.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
Sorry, but 99 percent of the general public thinks a hacker is someone who steals secrets and trashes computers. That's not going to change no matter how much you whine about it. You may as well give up. You sound like the people who complain because they can't use the word gay to mean happy anymore. The meanings changed. Deal with it.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
It exists because people want it. There are people unlike ourselves who may want to develop software with the minimum of fuss and bother. This will suit them. It's like driving a car, you just get in the thing and put your foot down. Do you care what makes it work underneath? I sure don't, unless somethings wrong with it I just use it. This is the same principle.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
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this is the way development under UNIX has happened and (should?) happen.
I don't think forcing people to develop software in a particular way is good for open source. If someone wishes to use a devlopment environment like KDevelop, who are we to say they shouldn't? It's not something I would currently use, but that doesn't mean others shouldn't.
I'm curious why you think forcing an environment on someone is a good idea. Isn't that what Microsoft have done, and what half of the open source community is actively fighting against?
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
Yeah, well, RedHat like to put pretty colours and such like on their bootup messages. Hide the scary stuff from the dimwits... they can't take it. No thanks, I'll stick to Slackware.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
Thank you! Someone with a clue at last. Why do so many people fail to see the obvious here? You download pirated MP3's, you break the law. There's no wriggling out of that fact.
Yes, the Record Companies are money grabbing bastards, and yes, they should be made to stop ripping us off. That doesn't alter the above statement though.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
Another victory maybe... but what stupid arse done that in the first place? Yes, I know, people make mistakes all the time. However, if we want open source to be taken seriously, we at least need to try. Look at how many people laughed at the Microsoft Web Server backdoor not long ago. Isn't this error just as idiotic?
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
In my opinion, those people who most use themes and stuff of that nature are the kind of people who enjoying using their computer for hacking and learning. Those who just see the computer as a tool for typing documents are not going to go mad over a pretty new widget look. Therefore, those that are most likely to use themes are the most likely to adapt to the changes without any problems.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
If this does set a precedent, and ISP's do have to start monitoring traffic, we can all say goodbye to the free ISP's. It's extremely unlikely that they could afford the extra infrastructure to cope with this demand without passing that cost onto the end-user. Not that that's a bad thing, cos most of 'em suck;)
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
But no-one in the Real World is using the product for Real Work. So what problems would releasing details about the bugs actually cause? I really don't see why Netscape has a problem with this.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
Why do people find a new release of a distribution so exciting when virtually all the software it contains has probably been freely available for several months? If I want to upgrade something on my system, I download the source, compile it and install (I hate RPM's). Why wait several months to install all the fixes in one go, when you could have fixed them many weeks before?
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
Here in the UK you have to be within 10 miles of the local exchange in order for BT to consider you for ADSL. I would assume that this is for technical reasons, and would hold true in any country. So how does this work in Oz where the population density is low. Is it just cities and really large towns that will get the benfit of this? Just interested...
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
The words "horse", "dead" and "flogging" all spring to mind. Everyone who's tried to rise Amiga from the ashes has got their fingers burned. I'll believe it when I see it.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
I'd have to disagree. I think its quite stable. It needs a lot of work though, as do most beta projects. The two main things that niggle me is the huge memory footprint (although I realise this is likely to drop when debug stuff is removed) and the lack of browser only binaries. If there *was* a browser only I probably would have switched by now. But, the mozilla guys are doing well, and I'll be first in line for the beta relase.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
I understand that Intel have been very helpful in porting Linux to the Itanium. Obviously, its in their best interests. Will AMD be as helpful? I'd like to hope they will. A positive commitment from AMD for Linux would bring a welcome boost to their sales methinks.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
Valid points, but wouldn't it be nicer if all GUI apps played fair and co-operated. I mean *all* apps, not just KDE with KDE and Gnome with Gnome. Just simple things like using the same keybindings for open, save, etc would make life less troublesome. It doesn't matter much if you use QT or GTK based programs then, since they can be made to look similar (with QT's new theme stuff). Its the interfacing that needs to change, not the toolkit.
There was a notice in one of the 2.1.x releases a while ago that stated the locale stuff was no longer needed as it's included into the main library. Perhaps that notice has been removed, since its assumed most people have upgraded already.
... at least for me. I'm running Netscape 4.7 (browser only, Communicator is huge and pointless, other tools do a better job) and its not crashed on me in months. I have had to disable Java though. Not that thats particulalry upsetting for me...
Bottom line: Browser only without Java is pretty stable.
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Do any virus writers read Slashdot? And if so, would any of you care to explain *why* you do it? Ignoring the simple macro viruses, some stuff, especially the polymorphic ones are incredilbly clever pieces of code. Why put that talent to waste?
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
I'm also looking to upgrade fairly soon. I've read a lot about the Abit KA7 m/board which supports PC133. Unfortunately it apparently has problems with some DIMM's (due to the KX133 chipset so maybe other boards suffer the same). Specifically 128M DIMM's don't work until a 64M DIMM has been in. Has anyone had any experience with this? In all other aspects the board is really good, but I don't want to buy one and find it doesn't like the memory.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
It seems to me that although open source has forced a major improvement in software development, it's done the exact opposite for manners. Since when was it polite to tell people how and when they should do something? They (like me) will release their source as and when they see fit. You have *no* right to tell them otherwise you miserable little bastards. Accept what you're given gratefully, else you may find you won't get it again.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
Sorry, but 99 percent of the general public thinks a hacker is someone who steals secrets and trashes computers. That's not going to change no matter how much you whine about it. You may as well give up. You sound like the people who complain because they can't use the word gay to mean happy anymore. The meanings changed. Deal with it.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
I was also speculating why it exists.
It exists because people want it. There are people unlike ourselves who may want to develop software with the minimum of fuss and bother. This will suit them. It's like driving a car, you just get in the thing and put your foot down. Do you care what makes it work underneath? I sure don't, unless somethings wrong with it I just use it. This is the same principle.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
this is the way development under UNIX has happened and (should?) happen.
I don't think forcing people to develop software in a particular way is good for open source. If someone wishes to use a devlopment environment like KDevelop, who are we to say they shouldn't? It's not something I would currently use, but that doesn't mean others shouldn't.
I'm curious why you think forcing an environment on someone is a good idea. Isn't that what Microsoft have done, and what half of the open source community is actively fighting against?
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
Yeah, well, RedHat like to put pretty colours and such like on their bootup messages. Hide the scary stuff from the dimwits... they can't take it. No thanks, I'll stick to Slackware.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
Indeed... or you can generally just use Shift-PgUp on the console to scroll back. This won't work after X has been loaded, but that's a minor problem.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
What window manager would that be? Window Maker? Enlightenment? FVWM? Oh, you mean Desktop Environment, right? ;)
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
Thank you! Someone with a clue at last. Why do so many people fail to see the obvious here? You download pirated MP3's, you break the law. There's no wriggling out of that fact.
Yes, the Record Companies are money grabbing bastards, and yes, they should be made to stop ripping us off. That doesn't alter the above statement though.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
Another victory maybe... but what stupid arse done that in the first place? Yes, I know, people make mistakes all the time. However, if we want open source to be taken seriously, we at least need to try. Look at how many people laughed at the Microsoft Web Server backdoor not long ago. Isn't this error just as idiotic?
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
That would mean I'd have to be up, like, first thing... in the afternoon! Who's together by then? You can still taste the toothpaste...
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
In my opinion, those people who most use themes and stuff of that nature are the kind of people who enjoying using their computer for hacking and learning. Those who just see the computer as a tool for typing documents are not going to go mad over a pretty new widget look. Therefore, those that are most likely to use themes are the most likely to adapt to the changes without any problems.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
If this does set a precedent, and ISP's do have to start monitoring traffic, we can all say goodbye to the free ISP's. It's extremely unlikely that they could afford the extra infrastructure to cope with this demand without passing that cost onto the end-user. Not that that's a bad thing, cos most of 'em suck ;)
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
If its illegal, its illegal. Simple as that. DVD publishers will come down on people who do this like a ton of bricks, and rightly so.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
But no-one in the Real World is using the product for Real Work. So what problems would releasing details about the bugs actually cause? I really don't see why Netscape has a problem with this.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
So I'm not worried about DSLs not reaching most of Australia. Very few of us live on farms in the outback, you know.
Heh! No, I didn't think you did. But I didn't realise the urbanisation was so high. Ah well, you learn something everyday...
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
Why do people find a new release of a distribution so exciting when virtually all the software it contains has probably been freely available for several months? If I want to upgrade something on my system, I download the source, compile it and install (I hate RPM's). Why wait several months to install all the fixes in one go, when you could have fixed them many weeks before?
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
Here in the UK you have to be within 10 miles of the local exchange in order for BT to consider you for ADSL. I would assume that this is for technical reasons, and would hold true in any country. So how does this work in Oz where the population density is low. Is it just cities and really large towns that will get the benfit of this? Just interested...
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
The words "horse", "dead" and "flogging" all spring to mind. Everyone who's tried to rise Amiga from the ashes has got their fingers burned. I'll believe it when I see it.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
I'd have to disagree. I think its quite stable. It needs a lot of work though, as do most beta projects. The two main things that niggle me is the huge memory footprint (although I realise this is likely to drop when debug stuff is removed) and the lack of browser only binaries. If there *was* a browser only I probably would have switched by now. But, the mozilla guys are doing well, and I'll be first in line for the beta relase.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
I understand that Intel have been very helpful in porting Linux to the Itanium. Obviously, its in their best interests. Will AMD be as helpful? I'd like to hope they will. A positive commitment from AMD for Linux would bring a welcome boost to their sales methinks.
Now weary traveller, rest your head. For just like me, you're utterly dead.
Valid points, but wouldn't it be nicer if all GUI apps played fair and co-operated. I mean *all* apps, not just KDE with KDE and Gnome with Gnome. Just simple things like using the same keybindings for open, save, etc would make life less troublesome. It doesn't matter much if you use QT or GTK based programs then, since they can be made to look similar (with QT's new theme stuff). Its the interfacing that needs to change, not the toolkit.
There was a notice in one of the 2.1.x releases a while ago that stated the locale stuff was no longer needed as it's included into the main library. Perhaps that notice has been removed, since its assumed most people have upgraded already.
... at least for me. I'm running Netscape 4.7 (browser only, Communicator is huge and pointless, other tools do a better job) and its not crashed on me in months. I have had to disable Java though. Not that thats particulalry upsetting for me...
Bottom line: Browser only without Java is pretty stable.