I really don't understand the reasoning behind this... I can understand a tax on actual physical property because one can gain equity on it, and in turn, turn a profit on a sale. You can't do this with software! How many businesses do you know sold their NT4 site liscense for a profit? Also one of the previous posters had a wonderful post about the implications for open source, how can you tax something that is free? I think that this will drive businesses away from Tennessee... Just my 2 cents anyway...
See, this is what happens as time progresses, all the ideas will eventually run out. Like with first person shooters, the first ones were great, revolutionary, but what it all boils down too is quake with more bells and whistles, same thing will happen with 'plots' and 'story lines'...
I was actually really disappointed by this game... The combat is repetitive, and well, there is too much of it! The thing that I liked about Sands of Time was that there were so MANY cool rooms to try and navigate, and there was combat to give me a rest from the puzzle based rooms (very balanced if you ask me). Also, the 'banter' from the characters in the game during combat made my ears want to bleed.... Speaking of which, what's with the new prince, the prince from the first was a likable character, this prince seems like an angst ridden cliché... Anyone else feel this way?
My C64. I still play games regularly on that thing. I've had it since I was three (1985) and believe me, it's gotten ALOT of use. Some how I still have the origional disk drive working, however a few friends and I decided to adapt an old Leading Edge (also still working) floppy drive to the c64. It works much faster then the origional drive. Have a ton of carts for it too.
First of all, hydrogen burns clean. It'a an abundant source of energy, and once again, BURNS CLEAN. How ever are there any problems we might have, isn't it more explosive then gasoline? I forget. If someone can answer this for me I'll give em a cookie.
This is true, but Linux will never truly become a 'desktop' system. Microsoft will probably always have the market for this. It's the matter of the mid server, which still, microsoft owns, and most large companies will stick with what they know.
I find it funny that Microsoft is actualy going to attack linux by learning it. They still have a strangle hold on the market, I don't even understand why they're going after linux as a 'competator' but hey everyone wants to rule the world right?
I can understand the fact that schools do need to track such information, but my question is do they erase the data afterwards? I really don't want those records floating around after A. I graduate, or B. I do drop out.... granted I've allready graduated, but this is for the people who will be going into this system.
I full heartedly agree, but the politicians are the ones who make the bills, so of COURSE they are going to favor them in one way or another. I wish I could think of some off hand as an example, anyone who can gets a cookie.
Almost like spammers hiding their true domain name. God I love the advertising business. Granted I do agree that alot of people will not have jobs, and that sucks, but hey you pay the price for being annoying during my friggin dinner.
I could really use something like this! I am getting tired of having to find a workstation, download a ssh client, and then login to my server to check logs. Being on the road alot I think that this would be wonderful. The problem though is the keyboard. If they came out with a folding keyboard kinda like the palm keyboard, that would be great. I could open it up, and bam. I'm in, I check my logs, edit the backup schedule, etc. and I'm out.
I've been an avid user of linux for a while now, almost 9 years, slackware 3 was my first distro I used. Why fight for the desktop? Linux will never become a desktop OS. Now if I were redhat/debian/slackware or any distro at all I would be fighting for the midserver range, light webservers, file servers, etc. You won't be able to take the desktop from microsoft, unless they do some major bungling with longhorn. (I personaly am dreading that day.. DCM, blech) Even though I am a Linux user, I am also a windows user, there are just some things that linux can't do.
Actualy, Linux supports Appletalk, and OS X supports NFS. There really isn't a need for samba in a non windows environment. I also believe there will be support for Rendevous in *nix soon too.
I don't know about dying, but desktop oriented people are loosing interest. I also think that media isn't helping at all either, with the hype of DCM and such. Also another problem is that linux is being imaged as the 'hackers' operating system.
Ahh yes, I loved the commodore! One fun thing that me and a few other friends have done was overclock the C64 to a whopping 1 mhz, approx. we had to use a deep freeze, that thing got hot after a while! I think I have pictures somewhere.....
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I really don't understand the reasoning behind this... I can understand a tax on actual physical property because one can gain equity on it, and in turn, turn a profit on a sale. You can't do this with software! How many businesses do you know sold their NT4 site liscense for a profit? Also one of the previous posters had a wonderful post about the implications for open source, how can you tax something that is free? I think that this will drive businesses away from Tennessee... Just my 2 cents anyway...
STOP TALKING!!! Don't give them anymore ideas! I have to pay close to 10 bucks to see s movie as it is!
See, this is what happens as time progresses, all the ideas will eventually run out. Like with first person shooters, the first ones were great, revolutionary, but what it all boils down too is quake with more bells and whistles, same thing will happen with 'plots' and 'story lines'...
Thank you captain obvious!
I was actually really disappointed by this game... The combat is repetitive, and well, there is too much of it! The thing that I liked about Sands of Time was that there were so MANY cool rooms to try and navigate, and there was combat to give me a rest from the puzzle based rooms (very balanced if you ask me). Also, the 'banter' from the characters in the game during combat made my ears want to bleed.... Speaking of which, what's with the new prince, the prince from the first was a likable character, this prince seems like an angst ridden cliché... Anyone else feel this way?
My first negative post, alright!
sigh, it was an attempt at humor, I forget how hard it is to convay over text sometimes
Yet another useless headline on the slashdot front page!
Next headline:
Apple makes I-Mac that serves pudding...
I've been looking for a reason to drop out of college!
My C64. I still play games regularly on that thing. I've had it since I was three (1985) and believe me, it's gotten ALOT of use. Some how I still have the origional disk drive working, however a few friends and I decided to adapt an old Leading Edge (also still working) floppy drive to the c64. It works much faster then the origional drive. Have a ton of carts for it too.
First of all, hydrogen burns clean. It'a an abundant source of energy, and once again, BURNS CLEAN. How ever are there any problems we might have, isn't it more explosive then gasoline? I forget. If someone can answer this for me I'll give em a cookie.
oh no, they are not cookies, no cookie would ever do something so evil as to 'replicate' code!
This is true, but Linux will never truly become a 'desktop' system. Microsoft will probably always have the market for this. It's the matter of the mid server, which still, microsoft owns, and most large companies will stick with what they know.
I find it funny that Microsoft is actualy going to attack linux by learning it. They still have a strangle hold on the market, I don't even understand why they're going after linux as a 'competator' but hey everyone wants to rule the world right?
I can understand the fact that schools do need to track such information, but my question is do they erase the data afterwards? I really don't want those records floating around after A. I graduate, or B. I do drop out.... granted I've allready graduated, but this is for the people who will be going into this system.
This is all and well, but the other problem is how will this hurt you money wise? Your lawyers, court fees, etc.
I full heartedly agree, but the politicians are the ones who make the bills, so of COURSE they are going to favor them in one way or another. I wish I could think of some off hand as an example, anyone who can gets a cookie.
Almost like spammers hiding their true domain name. God I love the advertising business. Granted I do agree that alot of people will not have jobs, and that sucks, but hey you pay the price for being annoying during my friggin dinner.
I could really use something like this! I am getting tired of having to find a workstation, download a ssh client, and then login to my server to check logs. Being on the road alot I think that this would be wonderful. The problem though is the keyboard. If they came out with a folding keyboard kinda like the palm keyboard, that would be great. I could open it up, and bam. I'm in, I check my logs, edit the backup schedule, etc. and I'm out.
I've been an avid user of linux for a while now, almost 9 years, slackware 3 was my first distro I used. Why fight for the desktop? Linux will never become a desktop OS. Now if I were redhat/debian/slackware or any distro at all I would be fighting for the midserver range, light webservers, file servers, etc. You won't be able to take the desktop from microsoft, unless they do some major bungling with longhorn. (I personaly am dreading that day.. DCM, blech) Even though I am a Linux user, I am also a windows user, there are just some things that linux can't do.
Actualy, Linux supports Appletalk, and OS X supports NFS. There really isn't a need for samba in a non windows environment. I also believe there will be support for Rendevous in *nix soon too.
I don't know about dying, but desktop oriented people are loosing interest. I also think that media isn't helping at all either, with the hype of DCM and such. Also another problem is that linux is being imaged as the 'hackers' operating system.
Ahh yes, I loved the commodore! One fun thing that me and a few other friends have done was overclock the C64 to a whopping 1 mhz, approx. we had to use a deep freeze, that thing got hot after a while! I think I have pictures somewhere.....