If developed correctly, it could have the capability to compete with unix or bsd-based platforms.
Thank God someone said that (before I had to). I use XP at home (NT at one job, 98 and MacOSX at the other job; isn't being a student grand?) and I think it's great. Granted, I changed my shell to LiteStep, but the underlying OS works perfectly. I haven't had it crash yet, and if I don't like clicking through 8 menus to configure something, there's always alternative layouts.
Microsoft really is making headway with their OS.
On a side note, are explorer, progman, litestep, etc., really shells? They don't seem to change any of the actual interfaces or commands, just they way you go about them. Shouldn't they be termed something else?
New cars break down, too. Used cars rock. The car I'm driving now is a 1991 Mercury Topaz. Paid $1,000 2 years ago, and it's still running. The only time it wouldn't start, I needed a new battery.
Problem is, because I'm a young male, I pay about as much a year in insurance that I paid for the damn car.
Of course, I'm not so certain that this needs to be a government implemented project. Companies in the private sector have already done something similar
Does anyone know of a pre-paid, rechargable card along the same lines? As a college student, I sometimes spend more money that I should (or have.)
If I had a card that I could transfer, say, $100 every paycheck and just carry that around, I'd be happy. Wouldn't have to worry about overdrawing myself and other problems with using my debit card.
Plus, it'd be kinda cool, in that geeky way I love so much.
I'm a console gamer. That said, I much prefer to PC games, but it's just so much easier to pop in the disk (or cartridge, or whatever) and play than it is on the PC. Yes, I'm sure everybody else has their rig set up just right, but honestly, it's a pain in the ass.
I would kill for the Morrowind expansion, thought.
So it will be compatible with anything. Every computer can handle plain text (and darn near every program, too). The same isn't true with marked up source.
There was no problem with the pictures not looking right. It was a problem with the files being produced from a different platform than the one they were using. (Not raw image files, but QuarkXPress files. For some reason, I'm not sure why, Quark files are never as easy to transport as they should be.)
The printers couldn't have cared less if the pictures looked just right. And, at 4 am, neither could I.
If you'd been following, my point wasn't that the pictures didn't look right, but rather that printshops still use Macs.
I'll take my $10 now.
I do layout and design for my university newspaper. (I'm also the EIC. Figure that one out.)
The editor before me bought a PC for layout, so that's what I had to use. Whenever I had to take files to a publishing house (including area newspapers) they complained to no end, pointing to all the Macs in their department.
Let me guess, you're the ultimate source of truth?
True, most newspapers have lost a LOT of credibility, especially after the Clinton scandals. However, the big three (NYT, Washing Post, and the LA Times) are all very respectable, dependable, and honest publications.
Writing off journalists as a whole is a misguided and immature opinion.
byebye xbox? Not friggin' likely.
First of all, that's a horrendous extrapolation. About 7 years ago my father bought a 486SX25 computer for ~$1000. Now, you can buy 2GHZ computers for less than that. Manufacturing prices go down down down as time goes on.
And besides, for a first effort, the Xbox is insanely popular. (It's a damn fine system, too.)
The Xbox isn't going anywhere.
Huh? I looked, and I don't get it. Especially since the Naboo scenes were filmed on site (Italy? beats me) and Maxfield Parrish was painting mostly nature. If anything, Mother Nature should be pissed about Parrish.
Don't feel like a philistine. I knew who Parrish was, and I'm sorry for it. One day I'm going to forget my address but remember Maxfield Parrish. And then I'll be homeless.
Damn you, I was going to say that.
Cambell, of course, owes a great debt to Jung. Not to mention Frazier (Golden Bough, which does to religion what Cambell did to myth (No, I don't care if you think they're the same thing)), and even the Brothers Grimm.
The Grimm Brothers' collection of stories was actually a side effect of their project, which was to compare a wide range of fairy tales and see how closely they all lined up.
And all 5 of these people owe the Bible. ("There is nothing new under the sun.")
Of course, you could just circumvent all of them by pointing out the obvious messianic theme in Star Wars.
Or you could eat your popcorn and relax. Even as an English major I realize that entertainment is more important than originality. Face it, given an ~1.5 hour time span a director has to tell a story, it's a lot easier to introduce a familiar plot and new characters than it is a wholly new work. I respect Lucas for what he's done, but he's an entertainer, not a High Artist (regardless of his possible drug use.)
It's funny to me that Pop culture disdains allusions and similarities to prior works, where as artistic culture celebrates them. (Elliot again.)
It's the same thing with video games. Save the princess, shoot everything that moves. Why reinvent the wheel when you can entertain the masses (and make a few million bucks) witht the current wheel.
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Thank God someone said that (before I had to). I use XP at home (NT at one job, 98 and MacOSX at the other job; isn't being a student grand?) and I think it's great. Granted, I changed my shell to LiteStep, but the underlying OS works perfectly. I haven't had it crash yet, and if I don't like clicking through 8 menus to configure something, there's always alternative layouts.
Microsoft really is making headway with their OS.
On a side note, are explorer, progman, litestep, etc., really shells? They don't seem to change any of the actual interfaces or commands, just they way you go about them. Shouldn't they be termed something else?
Really, it never split or anything?
Guess those switch ads didn't really work then. Oh well, guess high-school stoner chicks do not a good marketing campaign make.
Unless the commercials starts out with "Warning:Cannot be shown on TV"
New cars break down, too. Used cars rock. The car I'm driving now is a 1991 Mercury Topaz. Paid $1,000 2 years ago, and it's still running. The only time it wouldn't start, I needed a new battery.
Problem is, because I'm a young male, I pay about as much a year in insurance that I paid for the damn car.
I think my brain just exploded trying to picture that.
That said, the rabbit in Donnie Darko was much cooler.
A real geek would have already read it, though.
Twice (like me. Geek, geek, geek. And not even in the cool sense).
And only the freakishly geeky would post this without a link or even checking for spelling.
That's not a hairbrained idea at all. It's a great idea. Let's get started.
And yes, I can write. Well, good enough for college publications, at least.
(How much does that say?)
Wow. From Super Bowl commercials to marijuana advocacy in 4 posts (reading at 1).
You know those people who always manage to bring any conversation around to their favorite topic? A lot of potheads are like that.
--a former pothead.
Of course, I'm not so certain that this needs to be a government implemented project. Companies in the private sector have already done something similar
Does anyone know of a pre-paid, rechargable card along the same lines? As a college student, I sometimes spend more money that I should (or have.)
If I had a card that I could transfer, say, $100 every paycheck and just carry that around, I'd be happy. Wouldn't have to worry about overdrawing myself and other problems with using my debit card.
Plus, it'd be kinda cool, in that geeky way I love so much.
I'm a console gamer. That said, I much prefer to PC games, but it's just so much easier to pop in the disk (or cartridge, or whatever) and play than it is on the PC. Yes, I'm sure everybody else has their rig set up just right, but honestly, it's a pain in the ass.
I would kill for the Morrowind expansion, thought.
And why is going through an extra step a good idea?
So it will be compatible with anything. Every computer can handle plain text (and darn near every program, too). The same isn't true with marked up source.
I'll give you that one. We were being printed by the local newspaper, and were put on their old equipment.
Unfortunately, we don't have any options. No other printer in town can handle off-set printing on broadsheet.
I don't think you understand what happened.
There was no problem with the pictures not looking right. It was a problem with the files being produced from a different platform than the one they were using. (Not raw image files, but QuarkXPress files. For some reason, I'm not sure why, Quark files are never as easy to transport as they should be.)
The printers couldn't have cared less if the pictures looked just right. And, at 4 am, neither could I.
If you'd been following, my point wasn't that the pictures didn't look right, but rather that printshops still use Macs.
I'll take my $10 now.
I do layout and design for my university newspaper. (I'm also the EIC. Figure that one out.)
The editor before me bought a PC for layout, so that's what I had to use. Whenever I had to take files to a publishing house (including area newspapers) they complained to no end, pointing to all the Macs in their department.
Then I bought an Mac. Much better.
Let me guess, you're the ultimate source of truth? True, most newspapers have lost a LOT of credibility, especially after the Clinton scandals. However, the big three (NYT, Washing Post, and the LA Times) are all very respectable, dependable, and honest publications. Writing off journalists as a whole is a misguided and immature opinion.
byebye xbox? Not friggin' likely. First of all, that's a horrendous extrapolation. About 7 years ago my father bought a 486SX25 computer for ~$1000. Now, you can buy 2GHZ computers for less than that. Manufacturing prices go down down down as time goes on. And besides, for a first effort, the Xbox is insanely popular. (It's a damn fine system, too.) The Xbox isn't going anywhere.
Huh? I looked, and I don't get it. Especially since the Naboo scenes were filmed on site (Italy? beats me) and Maxfield Parrish was painting mostly nature. If anything, Mother Nature should be pissed about Parrish. Don't feel like a philistine. I knew who Parrish was, and I'm sorry for it. One day I'm going to forget my address but remember Maxfield Parrish. And then I'll be homeless.
Damn you, I was going to say that. Cambell, of course, owes a great debt to Jung. Not to mention Frazier (Golden Bough, which does to religion what Cambell did to myth (No, I don't care if you think they're the same thing)), and even the Brothers Grimm.
The Grimm Brothers' collection of stories was actually a side effect of their project, which was to compare a wide range of fairy tales and see how closely they all lined up.
And all 5 of these people owe the Bible. ("There is nothing new under the sun.")
Of course, you could just circumvent all of them by pointing out the obvious messianic theme in Star Wars.
Or you could eat your popcorn and relax. Even as an English major I realize that entertainment is more important than originality. Face it, given an ~1.5 hour time span a director has to tell a story, it's a lot easier to introduce a familiar plot and new characters than it is a wholly new work. I respect Lucas for what he's done, but he's an entertainer, not a High Artist (regardless of his possible drug use.)
It's funny to me that Pop culture disdains allusions and similarities to prior works, where as artistic culture celebrates them. (Elliot again.)
It's the same thing with video games. Save the princess, shoot everything that moves. Why reinvent the wheel when you can entertain the masses (and make a few million bucks) witht the current wheel.
As far as theme albums go, try Tool's last two albums (Aenima and Lateralus). They're about as themed as Dark Side, but not so much as Wall.
Tool, to me, is the one saving grace of today's music. I do listen to a lot of bands, but deep inside, I know they're crap.
And no, I won't name names.