1. Get a projector that you can hook up to your computer. 2. Get a projection screen. You know, the perfectly ordinary kind that they use in schools for the "overhead projectors". 3. Put the screen wherever the hell you want (in front of a window or not). 4. Hook your computer to the projector, and what whatever the hell you want. DVDs, pr0n, or whatever. The best part is, the screen is opaque, so your neighbors can't see what you're watching from the opposite side of the screen!
Oh yeah, and if the power goes out, you can roll up the screen and see what would normally be behind it, too! (like your window, for example).
I think the idea is that the Linux version won't work as well as the windows version. Or maybe, it won't integrate with our browsers as well as it does with IE. Picture this:
You download WMP for linux, and install it. It won't work in your web browser though, so you're forced to switch to IE for browser integration. But the IE on linux isn't as good as IE on windows, so you might as well just be using windows...
It's a dirty trick, but it'll work for a lot of people. Don't use WMP on Linux! It's bad! viva mplayer!;)
That's what I was thinking at first, too, but Elcomsoft was distributing the software in the US, and Sklyarov was in the US attending DefCon, so they busted him.
Older versions of DeepFreeze were pretty funny. Set the system clock sufficiently far into the future, and it magically crashed. The first thing you do after that is delete DeepFreeze, and you have no more DeepFreeze problem;)
2. Copying the Windows registry paradigm for system and program information.
This is by far the worst idea I've ever heard. The Windows Registry is one of the worst parts of windows. Registry got corrupted? Reinstall!
One thing I hate the most -- reinstall the OS, it clobbers your registry, and then you have to reinstall all of your apps, too. I like that each program has it's own plain ASCII config file in Linux. That way if I reinstall my OS, my apps don't lose their configuration. Hell, I even have a seperate/home partition, so I could reformat my root partition during the install, and my programs would still retain their configurations. I love it!
Linux has nothing to gain from a 'Windows Registry', except for a Single Point of Failure that would be a huge pain in the ass, all around.
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You ought to give RedHat 8 a shot. I've been using it for a few months and it's rather good, as far as ease-of-configuration and consistent interface goes. The installer is really nice, too:P
Interesting story about RH, actually... one day, my freind (who dual boots XP and RH8) upgraded his video card to an ati radeon 9000. When he booted XP, it would simply reboot the computer. It just couldn't deal with the card. XP wouldn't load at all, just reboot. RH loaded just fine, and kudzu detected and configured the card with no problems.
Of course, he was far to reliant on XP to go all-out Linux (he had been using linux for all of a week), so in the mean time he's lent me the radeon 9000, and he's got his XP back up and running again. I'd say I got the better deal: free radeon 9000 + reliable OS;)
That'd be a good idea, I suppose. The far side of the moon would be shielded from all the radio pollution from the planet, making it prime real estate for an observatory of some kind (radio, microwave, even optical, etc).
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Making spam illegal isn't going stop spam at all. The only way we'll ever stop spam is with Vigilante Justice.
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Blackholing open relays, as well as cracking into spammer's computers and fucking them up something fierce will be the only real way to reduce spam.
Oh yeah, and don't forget the spam filters, SpamAssassin rules!
1. Get a projector that you can hook up to your computer.
2. Get a projection screen. You know, the perfectly ordinary kind that they use in schools for the "overhead projectors".
3. Put the screen wherever the hell you want (in front of a window or not).
4. Hook your computer to the projector, and what whatever the hell you want. DVDs, pr0n, or whatever. The best part is, the screen is opaque, so your neighbors can't see what you're watching from the opposite side of the screen!
Oh yeah, and if the power goes out, you can roll up the screen and see what would normally be behind it, too! (like your window, for example).
fruit juices get their rainbow of colours from tiny particles that dissolve in liquid and disappear without a trace.
Yes, it's called "Kool-Aid powder"...
(or other fuel, most people seem focused on hydrogen for some inane reason, even though it's hard to make and doesn't have much energy content).
I think the big benefit to hydrogen is that the "waste product" is simply hot water. Other fuel might not be quite so "eviro-friendly" as that...
So I have Windows Media Player here and can view the clips.
:P
Well, I have mplayer here on my linux box, and I can view the clips too.
Problem: Dashboard reverts to metric for no apparent reason
Solution: Learn metric.
I think the idea is that the Linux version won't work as well as the windows version. Or maybe, it won't integrate with our browsers as well as it does with IE. Picture this:
;)
You download WMP for linux, and install it. It won't work in your web browser though, so you're forced to switch to IE for browser integration. But the IE on linux isn't as good as IE on windows, so you might as well just be using windows...
It's a dirty trick, but it'll work for a lot of people. Don't use WMP on Linux! It's bad! viva mplayer!
That's what I was thinking at first, too, but Elcomsoft was distributing the software in the US, and Sklyarov was in the US attending DefCon, so they busted him.
Still seems weird, but, that's life...
Older versions of DeepFreeze were pretty funny. Set the system clock sufficiently far into the future, and it magically crashed. The first thing you do after that is delete DeepFreeze, and you have no more DeepFreeze problem ;)
Nevermind #1, I'd rather have 31337.
2. Copying the Windows registry paradigm for system and program information.
/home partition, so I could reformat my root partition during the install, and my programs would still retain their configurations. I love it!
This is by far the worst idea I've ever heard. The Windows Registry is one of the worst parts of windows. Registry got corrupted? Reinstall!
One thing I hate the most -- reinstall the OS, it clobbers your registry, and then you have to reinstall all of your apps, too. I like that each program has it's own plain ASCII config file in Linux. That way if I reinstall my OS, my apps don't lose their configuration. Hell, I even have a seperate
Linux has nothing to gain from a 'Windows Registry', except for a Single Point of Failure that would be a huge pain in the ass, all around.
You ought to give RedHat 8 a shot. I've been using it for a few months and it's rather good, as far as ease-of-configuration and consistent interface goes. The installer is really nice, too :P
;)
Interesting story about RH, actually... one day, my freind (who dual boots XP and RH8) upgraded his video card to an ati radeon 9000. When he booted XP, it would simply reboot the computer. It just couldn't deal with the card. XP wouldn't load at all, just reboot. RH loaded just fine, and kudzu detected and configured the card with no problems.
Of course, he was far to reliant on XP to go all-out Linux (he had been using linux for all of a week), so in the mean time he's lent me the radeon 9000, and he's got his XP back up and running again. I'd say I got the better deal: free radeon 9000 + reliable OS
That'd be a good idea, I suppose. The far side of the moon would be shielded from all the radio pollution from the planet, making it prime real estate for an observatory of some kind (radio, microwave, even optical, etc).
Hey that link to OverClockersClubCanada... I know that guy! In real life! Went to Jr. High with him, now we're at the same University.
Anyway, you all probably don't care, I just thought it was a weird coincidence.