What a troll! I hate to admit it, but my Windows box on an AMD 2100+ is pretty spunky, and my 1.25Ghz Emac seems very pokey. My Linux computers have always been somewhere in the middle and much more fun;).
I find that most people that brag about "OS X's UNIX core" have no idea how to use anything Unix.
Mr McOwen loaded a distributed-computing program, similar to the Seti@home screensaver, on the college's PCs so that spare computing capacity could help in a volunteer code-breaking challenge.
(Emphasis mine) Sounds like he's running distributed at home. I always tease my friend that he's just cracking his own root password...
I can't believe I haven't seen anyone mention that these things take up cpu power, which causes heat and transfers into real electricity power which costs real money. Having somebody cost you money is a good reason to be pissed. I run Setiathome at work on work computers, and even on customers' computers, I know the consequences of doing so.
I know exactly how you feel, I try to refer to my Rio Karma as a digital audio player, or simply "my player". I'd like to see MP3 fizzle out like a bad fart.
I can't believe nobody piped up with the other obvious answer: IRC and forums! Couple that up with running it at home and you'll learn more than you ever wanted to know;) It's just that on IRC and forums you get questions answered isntead of being stumped and you'll pick up lots of tips and methods from other people (peers).
I just read about Meigs Field after reading your comment and found it to be really interesting. Read up!
Meigs Field Richard M. Daley
Because knowledge is power!
*shoots self*
That's what I always thought. Just last week at my college I thought I'd throw a knoppix disc and not use their 2 year old installation of Windows 98. Knoppix was slow as fuck with the little amount of RAM it had, so I thought I'd install it to the hard drive so it would run faster, DeepFreeze is on this machine, when I reboot win98 will be right back where it was, right? Wrong. I hope nobody finds out that I did that or I'll get banned from using the college network... again. DeepFreeze wasn't deep enough...
By the way, to see if DeepFreeze is on the computer: Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F6
I've for the most part always thought the same way you have, but I was spacing out one day thinking, suppose someone uses GNU/Linux as their desktop. They don't use the command line at all. A lot of their software is GNU, they run the Linux kernel, but what about everything else? KDE? It's huge, it's just about all they see. Sure it relies on the simple GNU tools, but to them GNU is just like Linux: out of sight, out of mind.
P.S. I love ranting below the threshold, and I learned how to play the whistle from "Engel" by ear last week;)
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What a troll! I hate to admit it, but my Windows box on an AMD 2100+ is pretty spunky, and my 1.25Ghz Emac seems very pokey. My Linux computers have always been somewhere in the middle and much more fun ;).
I find that most people that brag about "OS X's UNIX core" have no idea how to use anything Unix.
Linus would never get the numbers as long as there's a CowboyNeal option!
I love mine, but I'm not gonna write a whole review about it. It rocks, test it out before you get an ipod, it plays my ogg and flac!
From the short BBC article:
Mr McOwen loaded a distributed-computing program, similar to the Seti@home screensaver, on the college's PCs so that spare computing capacity could help in a volunteer code-breaking challenge.
(Emphasis mine) Sounds like he's running distributed at home. I always tease my friend that he's just cracking his own root password... I can't believe I haven't seen anyone mention that these things take up cpu power, which causes heat and transfers into real electricity power which costs real money. Having somebody cost you money is a good reason to be pissed. I run Setiathome at work on work computers, and even on customers' computers, I know the consequences of doing so.
But does it scale?
Don't tell me you want a fucking beowulf cluster of these now.
How do I get a trojan, or lose files, because of...
:)
You should get mod points for being the first Slashdotter in history to not spell "lose" "loose". You really made my day
I swear if I see one more person do that, I'll loose my mind.
L@@K!!!
People really think this gets attention. Go look at the lame ass things that sellers think are so exciting that they deserve a closer L@@K.
And you could be saving hundreds of dollars on car insurance by switching to voip! I mean! FUCK!
99.9999999% of the people on Internet are too incompotent
If you've been reading your spam you would know that there are products to help you with your incompotence problem.
I know exactly how you feel, I try to refer to my Rio Karma as a digital audio player, or simply "my player". I'd like to see MP3 fizzle out like a bad fart.
Look in the upper left corner. Slashdot: Politics for Nerds. Your vote matters.
And what is today's Slashdot poll? What color is your stapler?
Your vote matters!
I saw one of These sexy demons at Linuxworld. I played Quake3 arena in Linux on it!
If you outlaw spyware, only outlaws will have spywa... wait a fucking second.
I can't wait until this guy gets really creative and creates some "alternative" landscapes for the windows, such as:
:(
Space (orbiting planets, floating in space, flying through space)
Hell
Underwater
Psychadelic
Riots
Sea
Wild West
damn, I ran out of ideas quicky
I really hate that name and I think that they are thinking that the CE name is synonymous with portable. The name has nothing about serial in it!
Because there is no core Linux OS you fucking retard. Come back to slashdot with a clue.
I can't believe nobody piped up with the other obvious answer: IRC and forums! Couple that up with running it at home and you'll learn more than you ever wanted to know ;)
It's just that on IRC and forums you get questions answered isntead of being stumped and you'll pick up lots of tips and methods from other people (peers).
I just read about Meigs Field after reading your comment and found it to be really interesting. Read up!
Meigs Field
Richard M. Daley
Because knowledge is power! *shoots self*
The second step is to see the books discussion and placement of the nmap tool within the book.
Why not discuss the placement of apostrophes?
Because PGP is not simple to use. And there's no huge company behind it.
Microsoft needs China to stop creating worms and viruses that attack it's precious product!
I have very joke for you?
the network covers an area larger than the state Rhode Island.
Saying that is like saying "... larger than the planet Pluto!"
That's what I always thought.
Just last week at my college I thought I'd throw a knoppix disc and not use their 2 year old installation of Windows 98. Knoppix was slow as fuck with the little amount of RAM it had, so I thought I'd install it to the hard drive so it would run faster, DeepFreeze is on this machine, when I reboot win98 will be right back where it was, right? Wrong. I hope nobody finds out that I did that or I'll get banned from using the college network... again. DeepFreeze wasn't deep enough...
By the way, to see if DeepFreeze is on the computer: Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F6
I've for the most part always thought the same way you have, but I was spacing out one day thinking, suppose someone uses GNU/Linux as their desktop. They don't use the command line at all. A lot of their software is GNU, they run the Linux kernel, but what about everything else? KDE? It's huge, it's just about all they see. Sure it relies on the simple GNU tools, but to them GNU is just like Linux: out of sight, out of mind.
;)
P.S. I love ranting below the threshold, and I learned how to play the whistle from "Engel" by ear last week
This article has nothing to do with music at all?
Well they should go back to playing their didgeridoos.
Oh, Austria? My bad... mate.