Actually, I'd worry more about the legality of his Windows 2003 license. There is no proof behind this, but I'd imagine that if it's a home system, it wasn't actually purchased. If you're going to pay that kind of money, plus buy a copy of OS X, why not just buy a Mac? From the article (with emphasis added):
Test system:
- AMD Athlon XP 1600+;
- 512 MB SDRAM;
- Ati Radeon 9000 with 128 MB DDR-RAM;
- CMI-8738 based 5.1 soundcard;
- MSI K7T Turbo2 mainboard;
- 40 GB harddisk;
- Standard ps/2 keyboard;
- Microsoft Trackball Optical (USB);
- Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (host);
- PearPC 0.1, emulating Mac OS X 10.3 Panther (client).
That's why there's so many college kids that have nutritional problems. They decide to become vegetarians because it's "cool" or whatever, but they don't actually do their homework and learn how to do it properly, so they end up with insufficient protein, low iron, etc.
Silly me, I thought my nutritional problems in college were due to junk food and alcohol.;)
Actually, I've never used it myself, but I have some friends who have LiveJournals. I know that one of them did an audio journal entry from her cell phone while watching the ball drop on New Years Eve in NY City. Why not invest a few dollars in one of these, and call in to make daily entries? Just one of the many possibilities. Another could be to call your answering machine every day and leave a short summary, then listen to the messages when you return. That's probably one of the cheapest sollutions. Have fun!
Yes. That would be very useful next time I walk in to a 7-11 late at night, and there's a klingon behind the counter. I hate when that happens. So hard to understand him.
Or did there seem to be WAY too many political (very liberal) statements made in the loading screens of Battlefield: Vietnam? I'm not sure that slashdot's the place to comment about things being too liberal though;).
Why not just build a solid state PC? Use a board like the VIA EPIA MII, with a big CompactFlash card for your hard drive. If you need extra space, get a quiet hard drive, and attach it as a secondary storage device that's only read when in use, and it'll be silent the rest of the time. Here's a link, scroll just shy of half way down the page, and you'll see some photo's of the board. In addition to being silent, you can make some pretty cool custom cases for it;).
Ok, I just reinstalled two days ago, for the first time in years and years. Here's what I had to do to make it useable:
0) Install all my drivers (I ended up adding this to the list after the fact)
1) Install all service packs and hotfixes
2) Install McAfee and update it
3) Download and install Opera and import my old mail
4) Download and install geOShell to stop using explorer;)
5) Download and install gaim
6) Download and install MUSHclient (gotta mud!)
7) Download and install winamp
8) By this time I really needed to put Battlefield: Vietnam on;)
9) Ok, I haven't gotten to this step yet since I installed BFV, but I need to install exceed (not-so-free X server), and map all my network drives, then I should be at a completely usable state.
Give me a break! Their argument is ridiculous! The ?right to advertise??! When they?re using MY hard drive, MY CPU cycles, and MY bandwidth to do it?! If some brick-and-mortar company spray painted their ads on the side of my house, or hooked up the lighting for their billboard to my electrical socket, then surely that?s not protected under the ?right to advertise??.. I agree with the thought, but it brought up another thought in my mind.. For the purpose of discussion, let me ask this: When you see commercials on cable or satellite TV, aren't they using "your power" and "your bandwidth" (your cable or satellite)? They're using "your hardware" (the TV) also. Is this different? You are paying for the cable or satellite service (not sure if it's the same with broadcast tv). I could be way off base here, but it seemed like a good point to bring up;)
I think there's a point where you need to ask "who really owns your car?" I thought that I owned my car, since I bought it outright with cash. It seems to me they're saying that the government owns your car now. When they're requiring you to document when you remove your battery, that's going way too far. I had a bad alternator once, and my battery died pretty frequently until I figured it out and replaced it. I did all the work myself, and the only documentation I have is the receipt for the alternator. The only reason I saved that is because it's got a life time warranty;). The car is mine, and while on my private property I should be able to do whatever I like with it. There is no reason that a law should be passed having this great of an affect on so many people, when it's meant to deter a slim minority.
If you're buying two copies, but only using one, doesn't that mean you have one to give away via an file sharing network? I mean, I rip all my CDs and use only one mp3 copy. So I've got a spare copy that I can give away, right?
I've had bugs like that too, but since I became a sys admin, I don't write as much code:-P It was about a 150 line program, but everything looked fine to me at the time.
...When I was trying to figure out what the hell was making my program crash! I figured it out, and got it fixed, but it took me 6 hours to pin point it! Something like this can (hopefully) be very useful next time I have a program that unexpectedly seg faults! =)
Ok, reading your post brought to mind a question I've had for a while now, and I wonder if the good people here at slashdot can answer it. I use Kazaa Lite to download copyrighted material. But the material I download is all stuff that I have legally purchased. Until recently I hadn't found a good quality ripping program that didn't take exceptionally long, and was free, and could make mp3's, so I would download songs of my cd's that I bought at a store. I would then burn those mp3's onto a single disc that my car stereo can play so I could have hundreds of songs on one disc. Would this be considered illegal or unethical?
I agree.... I've been looking at a service that my cable company provides though, called Zoom Phone that looks like it lets me plug an adapter into my router and hook my phones to it, then I can call over my cable modem, for a set monthly fee, to anyone with a real phone... Plus they let you have local numbers in nearly every state, and unlimited long distance for less than my family currently pays with our telephone service.... I'm not sure about all the specifics, but this looks like a much better way to go.... Anyone have any experiences with this sort of thing?
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Actually, I'd worry more about the legality of his Windows 2003 license. There is no proof behind this, but I'd imagine that if it's a home system, it wasn't actually purchased. If you're going to pay that kind of money, plus buy a copy of OS X, why not just buy a Mac? From the article (with emphasis added):
Test system:
- AMD Athlon XP 1600+;
- 512 MB SDRAM;
- Ati Radeon 9000 with 128 MB DDR-RAM;
- CMI-8738 based 5.1 soundcard;
- MSI K7T Turbo2 mainboard;
- 40 GB harddisk;
- Standard ps/2 keyboard;
- Microsoft Trackball Optical (USB);
- Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (host);
- PearPC 0.1, emulating Mac OS X 10.3 Panther (client).
It's been done to a VAX =)
That's why there's so many college kids that have nutritional problems. They decide to become vegetarians because it's "cool" or whatever, but they don't actually do their homework and learn how to do it properly, so they end up with insufficient protein, low iron, etc.
;)
Silly me, I thought my nutritional problems in college were due to junk food and alcohol.
Actually, I've never used it myself, but I have some friends who have LiveJournals. I know that one of them did an audio journal entry from her cell phone while watching the ball drop on New Years Eve in NY City. Why not invest a few dollars in one of these, and call in to make daily entries? Just one of the many possibilities. Another could be to call your answering machine every day and leave a short summary, then listen to the messages when you return. That's probably one of the cheapest sollutions. Have fun!
Yes. That would be very useful next time I walk in to a 7-11 late at night, and there's a klingon behind the counter. I hate when that happens. So hard to understand him.
here.
What are they going to discover next? Pennsylvania? I'd love to hear their hard-hitting expose about Pittsburgh.
;). A few rivers, some bridges and accursed tunnels, and lots of cars. =)
It's really not as exciting as it sounds
Or did there seem to be WAY too many political (very liberal) statements made in the loading screens of Battlefield: Vietnam? I'm not sure that slashdot's the place to comment about things being too liberal though ;).
Why not just build a solid state PC? Use a board like the VIA EPIA MII, with a big CompactFlash card for your hard drive. If you need extra space, get a quiet hard drive, and attach it as a secondary storage device that's only read when in use, and it'll be silent the rest of the time. Here's a link, scroll just shy of half way down the page, and you'll see some photo's of the board. In addition to being silent, you can make some pretty cool custom cases for it ;).
I can't stand the default Windows Explorer setup.
Then ditch Explorer and use geOShell (free [beer, and I think speach]) or Aston (cheap, and easier to use).
Ok, I just reinstalled two days ago, for the first time in years and years. Here's what I had to do to make it useable:
;) ;)
0) Install all my drivers (I ended up adding this to the list after the fact)
1) Install all service packs and hotfixes
2) Install McAfee and update it
3) Download and install Opera and import my old mail
4) Download and install geOShell to stop using explorer
5) Download and install gaim
6) Download and install MUSHclient (gotta mud!)
7) Download and install winamp
8) By this time I really needed to put Battlefield: Vietnam on
9) Ok, I haven't gotten to this step yet since I installed BFV, but I need to install exceed (not-so-free X server), and map all my network drives, then I should be at a completely usable state.
Is this basically like everyone does?
but wouldn't it have to be A Really Really Awfully Big Knob to get through all of them?
Are you saying that when it comes to color choice, they'll only come black? (not meant to offend, only to jest)
With optical mice why would anyone need a mouse pad?
Optical mice have no balls, therefore they are female. Every month it will need a pad.
Give me a break! Their argument is ridiculous! The ?right to advertise??! When they?re using MY hard drive, MY CPU cycles, and MY bandwidth to do it?! If some brick-and-mortar company spray painted their ads on the side of my house, or hooked up the lighting for their billboard to my electrical socket, then surely that?s not protected under the ?right to advertise?? .. I agree with the thought, but it brought up another thought in my mind.. For the purpose of discussion, let me ask this: When you see commercials on cable or satellite TV, aren't they using "your power" and "your bandwidth" (your cable or satellite)? They're using "your hardware" (the TV) also. Is this different? You are paying for the cable or satellite service (not sure if it's the same with broadcast tv). I could be way off base here, but it seemed like a good point to bring up ;)
I think there's a point where you need to ask "who really owns your car?" I thought that I owned my car, since I bought it outright with cash. It seems to me they're saying that the government owns your car now. When they're requiring you to document when you remove your battery, that's going way too far. I had a bad alternator once, and my battery died pretty frequently until I figured it out and replaced it. I did all the work myself, and the only documentation I have is the receipt for the alternator. The only reason I saved that is because it's got a life time warranty ;). The car is mine, and while on my private property I should be able to do whatever I like with it. There is no reason that a law should be passed having this great of an affect on so many people, when it's meant to deter a slim minority.
If you're buying two copies, but only using one, doesn't that mean you have one to give away via an file sharing network? I mean, I rip all my CDs and use only one mp3 copy. So I've got a spare copy that I can give away, right?
Linus Flees! The time of judgement is upon us. Oh, repent!
;-) or a whole plague of them!
Better than Linux Fleas
The queue was pretty fast, then you posted to slashdot :-P
I've had bugs like that too, but since I became a sys admin, I don't write as much code :-P It was about a 150 line program, but everything looked fine to me at the time.
...When I was trying to figure out what the hell was making my program crash! I figured it out, and got it fixed, but it took me 6 hours to pin point it! Something like this can (hopefully) be very useful next time I have a program that unexpectedly seg faults! =)
Ok, reading your post brought to mind a question I've had for a while now, and I wonder if the good people here at slashdot can answer it. I use Kazaa Lite to download copyrighted material. But the material I download is all stuff that I have legally purchased. Until recently I hadn't found a good quality ripping program that didn't take exceptionally long, and was free, and could make mp3's, so I would download songs of my cd's that I bought at a store. I would then burn those mp3's onto a single disc that my car stereo can play so I could have hundreds of songs on one disc. Would this be considered illegal or unethical?
Well, I thought Sun Mocrosystems, but I figured they were making employees wear 15 pieces of flare.
I RTFA
you're new here, aren't you?
I agree.... I've been looking at a service that my cable company provides though, called Zoom Phone that looks like it lets me plug an adapter into my router and hook my phones to it, then I can call over my cable modem, for a set monthly fee, to anyone with a real phone... Plus they let you have local numbers in nearly every state, and unlimited long distance for less than my family currently pays with our telephone service.... I'm not sure about all the specifics, but this looks like a much better way to go.... Anyone have any experiences with this sort of thing?
Seeing as how it just came out today, I kind of doubt that many people have had a chance to yet. Sorry.