You couldn't be more wrong. The reason your torrents are still "distributed as a bunch of small RARs" is because that's how the groups or "The Scene" distribute/their/ material via FTP/FXP unless things have changed much since the early 2000's.
I'm sorry to say but it's not Usenet that's the problem, it's how things are handled up higher in the food chain.
If it came off as me saying that it is a bad thing then I appologize. I was merely stating the differences between the two. The parent to my post was wondering if it was different then Last.FM; I explianed how.
Last.FM is based on user preference. So if I like Pantera and Dido (not that I do) it'll reference Dido from Pantera, assuming enough people have the same interest in heavy metal and pop ambience. Pandora, on the other hand, notices acoustic similarities between the two, and it's highly unlikely that the two would ever be related.
The definition, or how I would define it, of sci-fi is just that: Science Fiction
Science Fiction is fiction with an element of science, or science with an element of fiction. Though the science behind the "portal" in BJM was never actually explained in great detail, it was still as much science fiction as Star Trek, Star Wars, or Serenity. The common misconception that all science fiction has to take place in space doesn't make a whole lot of sense. There wasn't any space scenese in Matrix, yet it is still pretty damn obvious that it IS in fact science fiction. There was something definitely other-worldly about BJM.
As I missed this story by a day or two I doubt anyone will read this, and as I'm not a regular Slashdot poster, I find it odd that I feel drawn to post on this 'article'.
It's definitely a plus for Gentoo, or any other distro, to have a decent graphical installer. Any distrobution that makes it easier for a regular user (someone venturing over to Linux from Windows) to preform an install is IMO a good thing. That said, I think making a graphical installer for one of the more difficult distrobutions a double edged sword of sorts. Sure the install will be easier and save quite a few headaches, but is that necessarily good? The rest of the distro is rather difficult to maintain for your former Windows user. To me, it seems like shit wrapped in silk. A previous poster stated that the install documentation is easy to follow, much like paint by number, and this only makes it easier. How do you explain more of the intricate details of Linux to someone who is very good at following directions when the details aren't out there. Speed on hard drives (hdparm), adding various daemons to run by default (famd, hald, dbus, etc), which CFLAGS are good for my system (not that I believe any really make a positive difference besides -O2 -pipe), and I'm sure the list could go on and on.
Enough about that, on to Ubuntu. I found Ubuntu to be one of the most intuitive and easily maintainable distrobutions I've ever used, and I've used quite a few, Gentoo included. Ubuntu being a Debian based distrobution has its share of nuances, though not nearly the amount of negative feedback regarding Debian (out of date packages, when's the release date, etc). Overall my system runs very well, and everything just works, out of the box no less. Oh wait, it's not optimized? I honestly can't tell a single bit of difference between my former CFLAG 'optimized' Gentoo box and my current Ubuntu box. My packages are just as up todate as the Gentoo system minus a few applications.
In fact, I like Ubuntu so much that I felt like it was necessary to join the team, so I did. I'm now a MOTU (maintaining Universe packages for Ubuntu) so as the Gentoo people say "I'm no longer a slave to my package maintainer"... I AM the package maintainer. Do I feel like I've learned any less during my time with Ubuntu? Most of the time, no. I use synaptic to manage my packages and rarely touch the command line for updating, so maybe i'm not as "leet" as I used to be. Ubuntu offers quite a good number of fantastic GUI system administration utilities, so I find myself using the command line less and less. Whereas again this might not make me as "leet" as Gentoo users, I couldn't have installed Gentoo on my parent's computer and have them dealt with `emerge -uD world` every signle day, then again, I don't think my Mom really cares about being "leet". Plus, I'm not going to drive 30 minutes to their house to correct compilation errors, and I don't feel like having them emerge ssh and open up ssh on their router just so I can fix stuff. I'd rather have it all just work, and it does.
Besides feeling "leet" I don't really see the necessity of Gentoo over Ubuntu. There are times when I've had to struggle to get the most out of a wimpy box on the server end, but a 5 line long set of CFLAGS isn't really going to benefit the server any, is it? To each their own I suppose.
It's called http://www.allofmp3.com and songs only cost me between.01 and.08 depending on the size of the download. This site is the best thing to happen to music downloads, though, I'm not entirely sure of its legality. Songs cost.02 per meg, and you can specify your bitrate, format, etc. Beats the pants off of iTunes as far as cost is concerned.
It's not that I don't like the movie at all. In fact I think it's an eye opening film that depicts another point of view, one that NEEDS to be pointed out. I used to work for a media outlet, and still have a good number of friends who do. It IS true that media is biased, though that's not the way it is supposed to be.
Newspapers, TV news, etc., should all be as fair to all sides of any topic as possible. This is not the case. Michael Moore has leveled the playing field on most aspects. My earlier comment " Mostly because the facts are so skewed that this can't be placed in Documentary." was directed that this is no fair documentary by any means. This is not a documentary in the literal sense " Presenting facts objectively without editorializing or inserting fictional matter, as in a book or film".
Firstly there is a great deal of editorailizing that Michael Moore has done. More accurately, his documenting consists mostly of other outlets' source and portraying it as his own with an overlay of criticism. There have been a NUMBER of reports that agree with Moore. Michael Moore is not the first to come forward with these facts, he just has the financial backing and reputation to be able to pull this off in this scale.
Let's get back on the subject of this being placed in the Best Picture category and not Best Documentary. Unfortunately I don't know offhand what Moore's competition would/will be in the Best Doc. category, but I would imagine a National Geographic-esque/Discovery Channel type documentary to be more "fit" for the role of Best Documentary.
To the previous comment to my post, no, I don't have proof. In fact, I have proof that most of what Michael Moore says is true. But it IS totally biased. There is no debating that, none. He made his point, he wants a wide audience to see it, I don't blame him... I commend him. I'd like to see an equally biased "documentary" on Bush's contender. It would certianly help level the playing field once again. Can Moore turn this election? I doubt it, but he will push a few extra votes to Kerry.
I dont think the goal of mono is to replace all the other dev kits. Wouldn't it make more sense to write your Windows application in C# and just compile it for Mono while you're at it? Seems to me that this is a very easy way for developers to make their application cross-compatable without any extra work.
So no, this WON'T replace X, it will make it a better decision to use C# in the future. A plus to both Windows application devs, and Linux users alike.
Each UNIX flavor, whether it's "Real UNIX", Linux, or BSD has its place in life. Linux is a viable solution for security in many cases. Do some research, there is no catchall OS. Trust me, I do UNIX security for a living.
Both cards have their ups and downs. ATI is a tad bit faster, yes, but THG states that the video multi-pixel renderer thingy with NVidia is more technologically advanced then ATI... whatever that means.
Ok, I'm no fanboy of either company, I have both cards, so I don't care which I get (though ATI does have one hot chica... that alone might sell me), I just want to know WHEN these cards will be released and how much they'll cost. I don't want the Ultra OMG 1337 xbox huge Nvidia card. I need a new card now, something budget, but not too budget, I still want to eat. When can I get one, and how long do I have to eat ramen noodles for?
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Very mild here, three story building, almost undetectable movement. Quite a few people felt it at the office.
You couldn't be more wrong. The reason your torrents are still "distributed as a bunch of small RARs" is because that's how the groups or "The Scene" distribute /their/ material via FTP/FXP unless things have changed much since the early 2000's.
I'm sorry to say but it's not Usenet that's the problem, it's how things are handled up higher in the food chain.
If it came off as me saying that it is a bad thing then I appologize. I was merely stating the differences between the two. The parent to my post was wondering if it was different then Last.FM; I explianed how.
Last.FM is based on user preference. So if I like Pantera and Dido (not that I do) it'll reference Dido from Pantera, assuming enough people have the same interest in heavy metal and pop ambience. Pandora, on the other hand, notices acoustic similarities between the two, and it's highly unlikely that the two would ever be related.
Science Fiction is fiction with an element of science, or science with an element of fiction. Though the science behind the "portal" in BJM was never actually explained in great detail, it was still as much science fiction as Star Trek, Star Wars, or Serenity. The common misconception that all science fiction has to take place in space doesn't make a whole lot of sense. There wasn't any space scenese in Matrix, yet it is still pretty damn obvious that it IS in fact science fiction. There was something definitely other-worldly about BJM.
I see they're not settling for the best. Under Jobs:
Desired Skill Sets - For Future Positions
Nuclear - power generation, propulsion blah
Microsoft Stalling __________ Best Practices. Old news.
As I missed this story by a day or two I doubt anyone will read this, and as I'm not a regular Slashdot poster, I find it odd that I feel drawn to post on this 'article'. It's definitely a plus for Gentoo, or any other distro, to have a decent graphical installer. Any distrobution that makes it easier for a regular user (someone venturing over to Linux from Windows) to preform an install is IMO a good thing. That said, I think making a graphical installer for one of the more difficult distrobutions a double edged sword of sorts. Sure the install will be easier and save quite a few headaches, but is that necessarily good? The rest of the distro is rather difficult to maintain for your former Windows user. To me, it seems like shit wrapped in silk. A previous poster stated that the install documentation is easy to follow, much like paint by number, and this only makes it easier. How do you explain more of the intricate details of Linux to someone who is very good at following directions when the details aren't out there. Speed on hard drives (hdparm), adding various daemons to run by default (famd, hald, dbus, etc), which CFLAGS are good for my system (not that I believe any really make a positive difference besides -O2 -pipe), and I'm sure the list could go on and on. Enough about that, on to Ubuntu. I found Ubuntu to be one of the most intuitive and easily maintainable distrobutions I've ever used, and I've used quite a few, Gentoo included. Ubuntu being a Debian based distrobution has its share of nuances, though not nearly the amount of negative feedback regarding Debian (out of date packages, when's the release date, etc). Overall my system runs very well, and everything just works, out of the box no less. Oh wait, it's not optimized? I honestly can't tell a single bit of difference between my former CFLAG 'optimized' Gentoo box and my current Ubuntu box. My packages are just as up todate as the Gentoo system minus a few applications. In fact, I like Ubuntu so much that I felt like it was necessary to join the team, so I did. I'm now a MOTU (maintaining Universe packages for Ubuntu) so as the Gentoo people say "I'm no longer a slave to my package maintainer"... I AM the package maintainer. Do I feel like I've learned any less during my time with Ubuntu? Most of the time, no. I use synaptic to manage my packages and rarely touch the command line for updating, so maybe i'm not as "leet" as I used to be. Ubuntu offers quite a good number of fantastic GUI system administration utilities, so I find myself using the command line less and less. Whereas again this might not make me as "leet" as Gentoo users, I couldn't have installed Gentoo on my parent's computer and have them dealt with `emerge -uD world` every signle day, then again, I don't think my Mom really cares about being "leet". Plus, I'm not going to drive 30 minutes to their house to correct compilation errors, and I don't feel like having them emerge ssh and open up ssh on their router just so I can fix stuff. I'd rather have it all just work, and it does. Besides feeling "leet" I don't really see the necessity of Gentoo over Ubuntu. There are times when I've had to struggle to get the most out of a wimpy box on the server end, but a 5 line long set of CFLAGS isn't really going to benefit the server any, is it? To each their own I suppose.
It's called http://www.allofmp3.com and songs only cost me between .01 and .08 depending on the size of the download. This site is the best thing to happen to music downloads, though, I'm not entirely sure of its legality. Songs cost .02 per meg, and you can specify your bitrate, format, etc. Beats the pants off of iTunes as far as cost is concerned.
Seems like slashdot is being spammed with stories about spam.
"My that zebra has a nice rear, care for a closer look?"
Newspapers, TV news, etc., should all be as fair to all sides of any topic as possible. This is not the case. Michael Moore has leveled the playing field on most aspects. My earlier comment " Mostly because the facts are so skewed that this can't be placed in Documentary." was directed that this is no fair documentary by any means. This is not a documentary in the literal sense " Presenting facts objectively without editorializing or inserting fictional matter, as in a book or film".
Firstly there is a great deal of editorailizing that Michael Moore has done. More accurately, his documenting consists mostly of other outlets' source and portraying it as his own with an overlay of criticism. There have been a NUMBER of reports that agree with Moore. Michael Moore is not the first to come forward with these facts, he just has the financial backing and reputation to be able to pull this off in this scale.
Let's get back on the subject of this being placed in the Best Picture category and not Best Documentary. Unfortunately I don't know offhand what Moore's competition would/will be in the Best Doc. category, but I would imagine a National Geographic-esque/Discovery Channel type documentary to be more "fit" for the role of Best Documentary.
To the previous comment to my post, no, I don't have proof. In fact, I have proof that most of what Michael Moore says is true. But it IS totally biased. There is no debating that, none. He made his point, he wants a wide audience to see it, I don't blame him... I commend him. I'd like to see an equally biased "documentary" on Bush's contender. It would certianly help level the playing field once again. Can Moore turn this election? I doubt it, but he will push a few extra votes to Kerry.
Mostly because the facts are so skewed that this can't be placed in Documentary.
Will this thing be compatable with T-Mobile's network or will I need to switch service providers if I want to use this?
why not?
It's called cross platform compatability. It makes perfect sense.
So no, this WON'T replace X, it will make it a better decision to use C# in the future. A plus to both Windows application devs, and Linux users alike.
Free, untaxable, funroll-loops for the rest of us!
Note: SELinux is a very good solution for security if you're going down the Linux road.
Hence the quotes. Read my parent post.
Or just pop out your NIC/modem, lets see someone try and hack that!
Each UNIX flavor, whether it's "Real UNIX", Linux, or BSD has its place in life. Linux is a viable solution for security in many cases. Do some research, there is no catchall OS. Trust me, I do UNIX security for a living.
I think Steve has a thing for large cats. Whatever happened to the rest of the animal kingdom?
Both cards have their ups and downs. ATI is a tad bit faster, yes, but THG states that the video multi-pixel renderer thingy with NVidia is more technologically advanced then ATI... whatever that means. Ok, I'm no fanboy of either company, I have both cards, so I don't care which I get (though ATI does have one hot chica... that alone might sell me), I just want to know WHEN these cards will be released and how much they'll cost. I don't want the Ultra OMG 1337 xbox huge Nvidia card. I need a new card now, something budget, but not too budget, I still want to eat. When can I get one, and how long do I have to eat ramen noodles for?
What doesn't google know?