It's very convenient how, in addition to becoming a freedom fighter for artists' rights, you no longer have to pay for any created content. Someone has to pay to make that music and those movies. Do you think they'll still make them if no one pays to enjoy them?
I can see it now...
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black - WITH TREMCLAD!
Accepting donations doesn't mean they're making a profit from them. Most likely, they'll have to keep some detailed records of all money coming in and going out, showing that none is going into their pockets.
I don't know why people on Slashdot keep talking about blue screens. I haven't seen a blue screen on Windows in something like 4 years.
How about...
- What's a core dump?
- Did my computer just tell me to Fsck off?
- Why is a program that edits photos called GIMP?
In my opinion, the biggest turn off for Linux is the insane naming "conventions". Now quit playing the blue screen card, they're driver and hardware errors and no longer valid.
And if you're going to mod me down for being a Windows fanboy, go fuck yourself. I'm a Mac fanboy.
I have a problem with these white hat/black hat comments about books and computers. I don't know if anyone's aware of this, but there are terrible, trashy books out there.
Books can be wrong.
Collective gasp!
Just because it's printed on paper, it doesn't mean it's automatically infallible. Now yes, the Internet is full of awful websites with little to no information of any value, but there are useful ones. Wikipedia comes to mind, as does dictionary.com. I mean, even Gamespot and other gaming sites can get information to the public far before a monthly magazine.
The problem I do have with the Internet is the awful, awful grammar. Printed materials do mostly get proofread, at least.
No, it's not my monitor. I just mean that when I first saw a video recorder for the PC in 97 or 98, I was terribly unimpressed, and so avoided them for a long time. Now, I see these "next generation" cards, and am even more unimpressed. Sure, the quality got better, but shouldn't it look a little better than a VHS tape by now?
What a great article. Technical details of the NES, as well as a good overview of the history of the system, and well written to boot. It brought me back to the Christmas 1987, when I first got my Nintendo. That was the most exciting Christmas I've ever had.
A 10MB advertisement that I actually clicked on and downloaded voluntarily. Then I read half of it. Then Acrobat crashed, so I restarted it and downloaded it AGAIN.
I used to live in Rankin Inlet, Canada (about 1500KM north of the US border), and I remember that it cost $50 to send a 10lb package one time. So, it would actually have been cheaper to shoot my package into space. Not to mention way cooler.
The reason that there is a grammar checker in MS Word is that MS stuck it in there to have a leg up on competing word processors (a long time ago, when there actually were other WP). Now, any computational linguist will tell you that making a grammar checker actually work correctly is next to impossible.
So if you were at a carnival, and the prices were $3 for a 5 minute ride or $5 for a 10 minute ride, you would have a problem with that? It's not a tangible thing you're getting, it's a service.
I don't like paying hundreds of dollars for Windows either, but this is done in a lot of industries. I hate to say it, but if they want to charge a million dollars per license, they're allowed to. You don't have to buy it.
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I know the story's offtopic and all, but jeez, take it easy with the 'roids, alright?
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And how do you associate WORKmanlike with WOMANlike? Maybe you should read what you quote.
..to see that some companies actually support their product this long after its release. Everyone else is only concentrating on their current products, the ones that are making them money.
I completely agree that Apache > IIS. I don't see why anyone would be running IIS as a web server when there's a faster, smaller (in MBs), and completely free alternative that's already been proven by, what is it now, 90% of the web?
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It's very convenient how, in addition to becoming a freedom fighter for artists' rights, you no longer have to pay for any created content. Someone has to pay to make that music and those movies. Do you think they'll still make them if no one pays to enjoy them?
I can see it now...
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black - WITH TREMCLAD!
How wonderful.
Accepting donations doesn't mean they're making a profit from them. Most likely, they'll have to keep some detailed records of all money coming in and going out, showing that none is going into their pockets.
And maybe they're planning on releasing it soon?
Yeah, that's what I thought too. But now, here I am at work, typing this on a Windows NT 4.0 machine.
How about...
- What's a core dump?
- Did my computer just tell me to Fsck off?
- Why is a program that edits photos called GIMP?
In my opinion, the biggest turn off for Linux is the insane naming "conventions". Now quit playing the blue screen card, they're driver and hardware errors and no longer valid.
And if you're going to mod me down for being a Windows fanboy, go fuck yourself. I'm a Mac fanboy.
Books can be wrong.
Collective gasp!
Just because it's printed on paper, it doesn't mean it's automatically infallible. Now yes, the Internet is full of awful websites with little to no information of any value, but there are useful ones. Wikipedia comes to mind, as does dictionary.com. I mean, even Gamespot and other gaming sites can get information to the public far before a monthly magazine.
The problem I do have with the Internet is the awful, awful grammar. Printed materials do mostly get proofread, at least.
After years of inane "imagine a beowulf cluster of those!"es, I can finally see one. My life is now complete, thanks to Slashdot.
No, it's not my monitor. I just mean that when I first saw a video recorder for the PC in 97 or 98, I was terribly unimpressed, and so avoided them for a long time. Now, I see these "next generation" cards, and am even more unimpressed. Sure, the quality got better, but shouldn't it look a little better than a VHS tape by now?
or do all of those shots look pretty terrible?
that either Slashdot has been hacked somehow, or CmdrTaco has suddenly caught a case of the retardeds.
..and a grand salute to you, Captain Obvious! Keep up the good work!
I believe any porn site out there would jump at the chance to get a .xxx TLD. To porn sites, the more obscene, the better.
What a great article. Technical details of the NES, as well as a good overview of the history of the system, and well written to boot. It brought me back to the Christmas 1987, when I first got my Nintendo. That was the most exciting Christmas I've ever had.
R.I.P. Rodney Dangerfield
Wow. Those boys at Apple know how to sell iPods.
You must be using the Linux grammar checker.
I don't like paying hundreds of dollars for Windows either, but this is done in a lot of industries. I hate to say it, but if they want to charge a million dollars per license, they're allowed to. You don't have to buy it.
I know the story's offtopic and all, but jeez, take it easy with the 'roids, alright?
And how do you associate WORKmanlike with WOMANlike? Maybe you should read what you quote.
First of all, I don't think a .com address contributes directly to more spam. I have no idea how it would, other than prejudice against Canadians.
Second of all-Yes, Canadians are smarter. Mostly because we're smart enough to live and stay here.
Third, _everyone_ has email here. Canada isn't a whole lot different than the states. It's just a bit colder and with less Starbucks-es.
Oh right, we also have better senses of humour.
How exactly can the first post be "redundant"?
..to see that some companies actually support their product this long after its release. Everyone else is only concentrating on their current products, the ones that are making them money.
I completely agree that Apache > IIS. I don't see why anyone would be running IIS as a web server when there's a faster, smaller (in MBs), and completely free alternative that's already been proven by, what is it now, 90% of the web?
So we found this hole in sendmail that can bring down a mailserver by...hmm, my email isn't working....