did he routinely put useless comments about how he was going to go get baked? I doubt it. Especially that it was JUST revealed (in 99) that he was a stoner.
I packed up the car, scored some weed, picked up my girlfriend and headed to the Jersey Shore, just to be on the safe side. Coincidence and stupidity will kill you just as dead as conspiracy and evil genius, if the wind is right, so we holed up in a motel in Ocean City and followed the story from there.
While I don't doubt for a second the "strangeness" of the entire operations there and the chance that there might be "leaks" coming from the island, how in the hell are OTHER people (I don't mind it so much) going to lend any credibility to a writer that says something as unnecessary as "I scored some weed" in what could have been a serious article?
...have you explained the importance of your cell phone to your boss or HR person? Have you asked for an exception, as yours is pretty clearly an exceptional case?
He is somehow special because his cell phone notifies him of COMPUTER problems at home? I could see an exception for a pregnant wife, a hospiced family member, etc, but personal server issues?
If anything that would just cause workplace tension and drama (as if there isn't enough of that as it is).
Second, while I don't technically agree w/the policy I don't really see why you are complaining. You do as they say w/o too many questions. If you don't like the working conditions you find another place that is more towards your liking.
I would normally go on to rant about how I personally dislike cell phones in public (nevermind the workplace) but it's irrelevant for this discussion. You do what the employer wants or you start sending out the resumes. A cell phone isn't exactly something required to sustain life.
The "Colorio me:" is an inkjet printer designed by Epson's "Team8," an all-woman project team formed specifically for the purpose of creating a "printer easy for women to use." It has a handle on the round-style case for transporting.
IANAW but I really don't see a need to make this thing look a) like a kitchen appliance b) have a handle and c) support tons more stuff than 99% of people use.
Adding a handle is not going to make ANYONE more likely to carry it around nevermind ladies (the only people that get to carry computer equipment are men -- at least in my experience)
Having 1000 options for importing data is also confusing. KISS.
While the BIOS might be free the OS that depends on the BIOS will not. I *gaurantee* that Windows will NOT install, boot, or otherwise on any system not running with a DRM'd BIOS.
Yes, I know, a majority of people here run "unlocked" OSs so I will get a lot of "THEN RUN LINUX" replies.... For the rest of us that run both OSs it's going to be nothing but a hassle.
We could certainly USE a games-only distribution to add to the countless others but I don't believe that we need to give up on distributing OTHER Linux distribs and copies of Open Office (or the like).
Linux is about freedom of choice. Some people MAY want a Linux distribution that comes stocked w/games to play. Me? I don't. I don't play games on my computer. I use a PS2 for that... That's me though.
Feel free to start the project and get your supporters. Don't expect to dominate the Linux market w/it and PLEASE don't ATTEMPT to dominate it either.
Bill has been tinkering with computers since the age of two. He has been playing with DVD drives on his computer since 1999. Recently he has been unable to watch any movies on his computer running Linux because of the codes that the MPAA has used to encrypt the disc.
"I think it's an illegal monopoly. If you don't have the codes you can't watch the disc."
Yet there's a law that protects the MPAA from having to give this code to the rest of the world. It's called the DMCA. It stops you from circumventing copy-protection.
Why aren't there any lawmakers backing the public on DVD encryption? See here.
"But we remain concerned about the potential dangers posed to the public by peer-to-peer file-sharing technology."
Oh thank you! I am so glad that a piece of software for sharing innocous content is being watched by out government so that I am not harmed in any way by the pure evil contained inside.
If P2P software can be used to violate law, the argument goes, its makers should be obligated to incorporate a warning on the product or face liability for deceptive trade practices.
Yes, because we all know that hammers, cars, broken beer bottles, rolls of duct tape, and pieces of rope all incorporate these warnings...
We view with grave concern reports that at least some P2P software developers may be adding features deliberately designed to hinder law enforcement in its prosecution of crimes using P2P software.
Awww, I view with grave concern the fact that the MPAA is paying off government officials so that they can control their market by influencing, greatly in their favor, the laws that are passed and excuted upon everyday citizens.
Whether it is the widespread availability of pornography, including child pornography, the disclosure of sensitive personal information to millions of people, the exposure to pernicious computer worms and viruses, or the threat of legal liability for copyright infringement, P2P file-sharing software has proven costly and dangerous for many consumers.
This is my favorite. Widespread panic techniques. Mention that it has child porn abilities! The exposure to viruses is the OS' and the users' fault not P2P software.
God, what a bunch of trash. Glad that we have these people in office so that others can use them as puppets.
She bought a Gateway specifically because of retail stores where she could look at the stuff, try it, and talk to real, helpful retail salespeople. Plus she liked the idea of her computer coming in a box that looks like a cow.
I don't know if it was the particular Gateway store she went to but I find Gateway Country Store employees to be aggrivating and useless. I knew a person that worked for a Gateway store. He was your typical "I play games on my computer and I installed my own video card, I am a hardware master!" type person. He knew all the marketing words and memorized all the components that were included in each machine. If you dare asked him a question that went outside his realm of memorization he immediately shutdown and went into MASS-MARKETING mode/speak.
Box looking like a cow, sheesh.
I don't know why retail hand-holding isn't working out for Gateway. But I know without it, they would have had one less sale.
It's like walking into WorstBuy and having three salesmen tell you that they don't work on commission and everyone is knowledgable, just ask any of them. They stand over your shoulder while you shop making you wonder if they think you are going to steal one of their pieces of hardware or if perhaps they think you should buy another brand.
Retail handholding isn't really what most people want. People want to go and browse at their leisure and then ask for help.
I am very pleased w/the e-machine I have in my house (I have talked about this on/. numerous times before). I will never again purchase an e-machine now that Gateway owns it. Sad really, it was an inexpensive and great machine.
I took a look at there sample images and found very little difference (other than MPEG4 obviously) in their quality.
It is very difficult for ME to decide between them. I have never actually seen any QT movies up for download as far as real movies go. Most movies are encoded with divx and seem to work just fine.
Do people really care about minor differences in quality when the file sizes are down to 710mb? I know I don't. Blurred motion is just something I deal with when I download something.
Encoding time is important only if you do this regularly. For those of us just watching a movie it doesn't matter. Whatever gives me the smallest file size with a decent picture is what I want to go w/.
Windows also has ease of use and ease of hardware integration...
You can't tell me that Linux is easier to use and install hardware drivers for than Windows.
While I know that we are all Windows haters it does do quite a few things rather well. It isn't used by so many people because it is *completely* inferior. It serves its purpose.
Piracy helped in that instance. Do you really think that piracy of movies is going to help the MPAA? A good majority of movies aren't seen more than once. You don't watch the same movie for 12+ hours a day every day...
So if they are pirated and the possibility of revenue is lost the MPAA can't get that back from that particular movie at a later date by enforcing piracy controls...
Excerpted from Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity, copyright (C) by Lawrence Lessig, to be published in March by Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Reprinted with permission of the publisher.
I was weary about believing the stuff in this article before I saw who it was "owned" by.
It still reads like some sort of pro-piracy (current) crap. At least that's how I see it (and how some of the pirates out there will be fist pumping as well).
Yeah, I just mentioned to someone that I will likely be going to 2.6 once it goes above 2.6.5. I think I switched to 2.4 w/the pre kernels. It had some support that I wanted. 2.6 isn't offering anything that I desperately need.
I don't use Linux w/X, I don't really use it for much other tahn a webserver, IRC, and email. It's basically just a way for me to do IRC and email from work.
What advantages would I have using 2.6 with that setup?
A guy I know that is into Geocaching likes to use archaic shell scripting to scrape web pages for information. While the scripts work they require other applications and quite a bit of messy code.
Why would you use awk and sed along with a really ugly shell script to get something done when you could have just as easily used perl to acheive the same effect?
Sometimes you should just use what is best for the job. I really don't think that using shell scripts to pull IMDB movie info is the best way to go.
Now, if only other broadband ISPs would start policing their user base..."
ATTBI (back in 2002) was disabling people's account for being infected with worms... People's modem CFG file would be set to disabled.cfg and they would have block sync but wouldn't be permitted onto the network.
If Comcast took over from ATTBI and is using parts of their existing network, I just can't understand why modems were not being disabled recently for infection by worms.
because it's important to pay close attention to BOTH. I love good game play AND good graphics. *I* am more for good game play but I cannot speak for the world w/that statement.
"Meanwhile, Nintendo seems set to play to its strengths and emphasise game quality and innovation over processor horsepower."
Seems like most of their games lack the real looking "beauty" that XBox and PS2 games have. Most of Nintendo stuff still looks cartoonish or like Anime on steroids.
Hey, they have their share because people like that but maybe that's why they don't have to worry about raw horsepower?
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did he routinely put useless comments about how he was going to go get baked? I doubt it. Especially that it was JUST revealed (in 99) that he was a stoner.
I packed up the car, scored some weed, picked up my girlfriend and headed to the Jersey Shore, just to be on the safe side. Coincidence and stupidity will kill you just as dead as conspiracy and evil genius, if the wind is right, so we holed up in a motel in Ocean City and followed the story from there.
While I don't doubt for a second the "strangeness" of the entire operations there and the chance that there might be "leaks" coming from the island, how in the hell are OTHER people (I don't mind it so much) going to lend any credibility to a writer that says something as unnecessary as "I scored some weed" in what could have been a serious article?
explaing to me how your rights are being infringed on when you are no longer allowed to bring a cell phone to work. I just don't see the necessity.
...have you explained the importance of your cell phone to your boss or HR person? Have you asked for an exception, as yours is pretty clearly an exceptional case?
He is somehow special because his cell phone notifies him of COMPUTER problems at home? I could see an exception for a pregnant wife, a hospiced family member, etc, but personal server issues?
If anything that would just cause workplace tension and drama (as if there isn't enough of that as it is).
First of all, when in Rome...
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Second, while I don't technically agree w/the policy I don't really see why you are complaining. You do as they say w/o too many questions. If you don't like the working conditions you find another place that is more towards your liking.
I would normally go on to rant about how I personally dislike cell phones in public (nevermind the workplace) but it's irrelevant for this discussion. You do what the employer wants or you start sending out the resumes. A cell phone isn't exactly something required to sustain life.
Just my
The "Colorio me:" is an inkjet printer designed by Epson's "Team8," an all-woman project team formed specifically for the purpose of creating a "printer easy for women to use." It has a handle on the round-style case for transporting.
IANAW but I really don't see a need to make this thing look a) like a kitchen appliance b) have a handle and c) support tons more stuff than 99% of people use.
Adding a handle is not going to make ANYONE more likely to carry it around nevermind ladies (the only people that get to carry computer equipment are men -- at least in my experience)
Having 1000 options for importing data is also confusing. KISS.
That's my opinion.
it's not going to be unrestrictive for long...
While the BIOS might be free the OS that depends on the BIOS will not. I *gaurantee* that Windows will NOT install, boot, or otherwise on any system not running with a DRM'd BIOS.
Yes, I know, a majority of people here run "unlocked" OSs so I will get a lot of "THEN RUN LINUX" replies.... For the rest of us that run both OSs it's going to be nothing but a hassle.
nah. No matter how hard we try to make something idiot proof the universe is always able to create a better idiot.
We could certainly USE a games-only distribution to add to the countless others but I don't believe that we need to give up on distributing OTHER Linux distribs and copies of Open Office (or the like).
Linux is about freedom of choice. Some people MAY want a Linux distribution that comes stocked w/games to play. Me? I don't. I don't play games on my computer. I use a PS2 for that... That's me though.
Feel free to start the project and get your supporters. Don't expect to dominate the Linux market w/it and PLEASE don't ATTEMPT to dominate it either.
Bill has been tinkering with computers since the age of two. He has been playing with DVD drives on his computer since 1999. Recently he has been unable to watch any movies on his computer running Linux because of the codes that the MPAA has used to encrypt the disc.
"I think it's an illegal monopoly. If you don't have the codes you can't watch the disc."
Yet there's a law that protects the MPAA from having to give this code to the rest of the world. It's called the DMCA. It stops you from circumventing copy-protection.
Why aren't there any lawmakers backing the public on DVD encryption? See here.
this is insightful? Give me a break.
No, it will never be legal. Never, ever, ever. You know why? See the CA/MPAA article posted just over an hour ago...
The corporations controlling this stuff are in the pockets of the people in power who make the laws.
Politicians will never stop needing/wanting money and the corporations will never stop needing/wanting to control from as high up as they can.
"But we remain concerned about the potential dangers posed to the public by peer-to-peer file-sharing technology."
Oh thank you! I am so glad that a piece of software for sharing innocous content is being watched by out government so that I am not harmed in any way by the pure evil contained inside.
If P2P software can be used to violate law, the argument goes, its makers should be obligated to incorporate a warning on the product or face liability for deceptive trade practices.
Yes, because we all know that hammers, cars, broken beer bottles, rolls of duct tape, and pieces of rope all incorporate these warnings...
We view with grave concern reports that at least some P2P software developers may be adding features deliberately designed to hinder law enforcement in its prosecution of crimes using P2P software.
Awww, I view with grave concern the fact that the MPAA is paying off government officials so that they can control their market by influencing, greatly in their favor, the laws that are passed and excuted upon everyday citizens.
Whether it is the widespread availability of pornography, including child pornography, the disclosure of sensitive personal information to millions of people, the exposure to pernicious computer worms and viruses, or the threat of legal liability for copyright infringement, P2P file-sharing software has proven costly and dangerous for many consumers.
This is my favorite. Widespread panic techniques. Mention that it has child porn abilities! The exposure to viruses is the OS' and the users' fault not P2P software.
God, what a bunch of trash. Glad that we have these people in office so that others can use them as puppets.
Oh give me a break...
/. numerous times before). I will never again purchase an e-machine now that Gateway owns it. Sad really, it was an inexpensive and great machine.
She bought a Gateway specifically because of retail stores where she could look at the stuff, try it, and talk to real, helpful retail salespeople. Plus she liked the idea of her computer coming in a box that looks like a cow.
I don't know if it was the particular Gateway store she went to but I find Gateway Country Store employees to be aggrivating and useless. I knew a person that worked for a Gateway store. He was your typical "I play games on my computer and I installed my own video card, I am a hardware master!" type person. He knew all the marketing words and memorized all the components that were included in each machine. If you dare asked him a question that went outside his realm of memorization he immediately shutdown and went into MASS-MARKETING mode/speak.
Box looking like a cow, sheesh.
I don't know why retail hand-holding isn't working out for Gateway. But I know without it, they would have had one less sale.
It's like walking into WorstBuy and having three salesmen tell you that they don't work on commission and everyone is knowledgable, just ask any of them. They stand over your shoulder while you shop making you wonder if they think you are going to steal one of their pieces of hardware or if perhaps they think you should buy another brand.
Retail handholding isn't really what most people want. People want to go and browse at their leisure and then ask for help.
I am very pleased w/the e-machine I have in my house (I have talked about this on
I took a look at there sample images and found very little difference (other than MPEG4 obviously) in their quality.
It is very difficult for ME to decide between them. I have never actually seen any QT movies up for download as far as real movies go. Most movies are encoded with divx and seem to work just fine.
Do people really care about minor differences in quality when the file sizes are down to 710mb? I know I don't. Blurred motion is just something I deal with when I download something.
Encoding time is important only if you do this regularly. For those of us just watching a movie it doesn't matter. Whatever gives me the smallest file size with a decent picture is what I want to go w/.
Windows also has ease of use and ease of hardware integration...
You can't tell me that Linux is easier to use and install hardware drivers for than Windows.
While I know that we are all Windows haters it does do quite a few things rather well. It isn't used by so many people because it is *completely* inferior. It serves its purpose.
Piracy helped in that instance. Do you really think that piracy of movies is going to help the MPAA? A good majority of movies aren't seen more than once. You don't watch the same movie for 12+ hours a day every day...
So if they are pirated and the possibility of revenue is lost the MPAA can't get that back from that particular movie at a later date by enforcing piracy controls...
It's not the same.
Excerpted from Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity, copyright (C) by Lawrence Lessig, to be published in March by Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Reprinted with permission of the publisher.
I was weary about believing the stuff in this article before I saw who it was "owned" by.
It still reads like some sort of pro-piracy (current) crap. At least that's how I see it (and how some of the pirates out there will be fist pumping as well).
Yeah, I just mentioned to someone that I will likely be going to 2.6 once it goes above 2.6.5. I think I switched to 2.4 w/the pre kernels. It had some support that I wanted. 2.6 isn't offering anything that I desperately need.
I don't use Linux w/X, I don't really use it for much other tahn a webserver, IRC, and email. It's basically just a way for me to do IRC and email from work.
What advantages would I have using 2.6 with that setup?
A guy I know that is into Geocaching likes to use archaic shell scripting to scrape web pages for information. While the scripts work they require other applications and quite a bit of messy code.
Why would you use awk and sed along with a really ugly shell script to get something done when you could have just as easily used perl to acheive the same effect?
Sometimes you should just use what is best for the job. I really don't think that using shell scripts to pull IMDB movie info is the best way to go.
YMMV,
Now, if only other broadband ISPs would start policing their user base ..."
ATTBI (back in 2002) was disabling people's account for being infected with worms... People's modem CFG file would be set to disabled.cfg and they would have block sync but wouldn't be permitted onto the network.
If Comcast took over from ATTBI and is using parts of their existing network, I just can't understand why modems were not being disabled recently for infection by worms.
Make that a DX4530
I guess but I am quite pleased w/my inexpensive DX4350 5 megapixel camera ($289 from Walmart.com the last time I looked).
It takes great pictures/movies w/sound and it was really affordable.
I guess them "going downhill" has its advantages...
because it's important to pay close attention to BOTH. I love good game play AND good graphics. *I* am more for good game play but I cannot speak for the world w/that statement.
Currently, even though the XBox is closed, there is more development going on to use it w/o MS' software than there is to use Linux on the PS2...
PS2Linux is outdated and apparently not all that worth the money you have to sink into the machine to use it.
Will XBox2 be the same way? No one knows...
"Meanwhile, Nintendo seems set to play to its strengths and emphasise game quality and innovation over processor horsepower."
Seems like most of their games lack the real looking "beauty" that XBox and PS2 games have. Most of Nintendo stuff still looks cartoonish or like Anime on steroids.
Hey, they have their share because people like that but maybe that's why they don't have to worry about raw horsepower?