umm, if you live in GA you need to worry about the god damn woman who thinks she can hear dead people talking to her.
I am sick and tired of idiots being elected to office and deciding that there is this need for extremely harsh legislation.
I am very very frightened about the fact that whatever that group of software giants is called (the one w/MS and Adobe, etc) has such influence over government.
I have seen less and less people trying to IRC as root, trying to use root all the time, etc... The distribs I have used in recent years RH and Debian (don't remember what Slack did) ask you to create a user and that you use that...
People running around as root are probably not going to get an email attachment, change it to a binary and run it... I would wonder if they would even know how to do that.
The other point is that most of the Linux community is well informed. It would be a lot less of a problem b/c we know what the hell is going on. If you see something odd happening you would immediately fix it.
Knowing what port is runs on, etc is all helpful information that will stop most of the attacks from happening.
They do it, and the manager even got red in the face saying something about him not having to sell me the item or something. I hope he was just having a bad day.
I don't purchase software from MS so I wouldn't know.
AFAIAC if I buy something and I want to resell it, there is little MS can do to stop me. I paid for the CD, it is mine. Tough if Billy doesn't like it.
yep, but if I refuse to even give them the information I don't have to go play fuck-around lay-around to get off the list. There is absolutely NO reason that they need that information when I go in there to buy a pair of wire-strippers and a bag of butt-connectors.
No company has the right to invade someone's privacy and send them shit unless the customer wants it. If they asked, "Excuse me sir, would you like to be added to our mailing list for future product information." I would be more likely to say yes than if they do what they currently do, "What's your last name? What's your first name? May I have your home phone number? May I have your address?"
I feel it is VERY rude to be asked personal information when buying something.
not the point. It would be like having a DVD not work just b/c you are playing it in a PS2. Before this year I *rarely* used my stereo (I had nothing more than a shitty old boom-box) and I *always* used my computer to play my music CDs.
This is my right as a consumer to use whatever device I want. Doesn't matter if I can use this device to copy it (remember? I own the CD)
There is definitly no way that any company should be able to collect information about a person that has purchased their CD. If this was a promotional CD I could see the point but if you purchase something it becomes yours (and you are free to do w/it whatever you wish) you paid a fee to give you rights. They are invading your privacy.
The fact that they are hiding this from view is an obvious attempt at actually selling the CDs. No one is going to buy the god damn things b/c of this crap. Hell, I hate to shop at Radio Shack b/c of the fact that they ask for my private information and seem to feel it is their god given right to have it. (No, I will NOT give them any of my info even if I purchase my items w/a CC -- this usually really irritates the clerk -- the information they need is how much the item costs, how much I paid, and that's it)
I am sick and tired of this crap. If I don't want to be known I don't have to be. Once you buy something you own it. That's it. Their ownership of the item stops when money exchanges hands.
IIRC in the past two times that we have visited this topic (in the past week or two) we have already decided that the only way that SO can compete would be to have PERFECT conversion to/from MS. Problem is that they don't and by the time that they do MS will already have another Office Suite that will have to be supported...
It does not include NEARLY as many features necessary for GENERAL use..
I think being in space would be sweet believe me but 20 days?
Honestly the views are wonderful but I would think I would get bored up there after a while. Watching the same damn view out of my hotel window would piss me off day after day for 20 days. There is absolutely nothing to do up there after the first few hours.
I say that we develop weightlessness stations on Earth and allow the scenery to change. That would be cool.
Well unless they let us do space walks:)
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yeah great, we will have support for USB 2.0 but don't we have to be able to have support for each device?
Linux supports USB just fine it is the individual drivers for the devices that we are lacking. There are plenty of people putting in some hardcore work into making things work w/Linux but for the most part I see a lot of red X's next to just about every device (including every USB device I have ever had)
I am glad to see that Intel is going to push for Linux support but we need to have the drivers written too!
I highly doubt that this merger could force anyone into using something other than Windows.
Get real.
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yeah but DEC Alphas were way ahead of their time. Sort of reminds me of The Tucker.
Everyone is going to stick w/what they feel comfortable w/(Windows/Intel).
I really don't see the advantage for HP in buying out Compaq. They already laid of what 6,000 employees, had pretty poor outlooks for the future (as is every tech stock, but still)
I feel that both HP and Compaq make poor computers for regular people (I have no experience w/their professional series -- but knowing what Compaq did w/their newly aquired Alpha line I could only make some assumptions that it isn't good).
I say boo to this. Should have kept the fucking employees rather than wanting to save money to spend $25 billion on this.
I am confused as to why people seem to feel that all that is on the net is X-rated material and why they feel that everyone is going to go look at it.
just b/c a computer is available does NOT mean that there is going to be any use of it for porn.
most libraries have their computers out in the open and quite visable from surrounding areas (in fact most that I have seen are directly viewable from the circulation desk).
the ones that aren't I have NEVER seen anyone looking at porn.
that's not what the article said but I assume that it could be used to do that.
I can't imagine that in most public libraries 1 computer (or even 10% of the computers which would probably still be 5 or less) would be acceptable enough to do any sort of serious research.
I still feel that it is better to use a University library and use photocopiers/note taking as a way to document what you have found. Public libraries for the most part (at least in my experience) are quite lacking in the facilities that you need for serious research.
it says that the main reason for removing the filter is for e-mail access (as the current filter blocks it).
now, correct me if I am wrong, but don't most of those that use a library computer for Internet access do *some* surfing and research but the majority use it for e-mail access? This is at least what I have noticed in my few trips to the public library.
wouldn't it make more sense to have a filter that did not block e-mail but did block the rest of the crap? According to the article one of the librarians said that the filter is the best thing for them? Why not allow e-mail but still block the other shit?
we have seen several *VERY* pretty pics there, but are there enough applications to actually make this a viable choice over WinCE (which IMO looks like hell compared to this)
I would love to run something other than WinCE on my Cassiopeia... I am almost sickened everytime I turn the damn thing on. It is very slow and ugly and it gives me little desire to use it.
remember there are other applications (other than just the military and games as she mentioned) that use most of the CPU (RC5, Netscape;))
this really has little to do w/UI. It has to do w/what she feels is important in the industry at this time (cell phones that are connected).
It's true that games love faster CPUs but it is also true that it is probably possible to make much faster/better games in the standard constraints that we already have but people don't care to do that anymore (remember 64k games that looked cool as hell or even 4mb games?)
Sending your picture in front of the Eiffel tower to your kids on your cell phone is less important than decreasing the bloat!
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umm, if you live in GA you need to worry about the god damn woman who thinks she can
hear dead people talking to her.
I am sick and tired of idiots being elected to office and deciding that there is this need for extremely harsh legislation.
I am very very frightened about the fact that whatever that group of software giants is called (the one w/MS and Adobe, etc) has such influence over government.
We elected these idiots to protect *us* not them!
I have seen less and less people trying to IRC as root, trying to use root all the time, etc... The distribs I have used in recent years RH and Debian (don't remember what Slack did) ask you to create a user and that you use that...
People running around as root are probably not going to get an email attachment, change it to a binary and run it... I would wonder if they would even know how to do that.
The other point is that most of the Linux community is well informed. It would be a lot less of a problem b/c we know what the hell is going on. If you see something odd happening you would immediately fix it.
Knowing what port is runs on, etc is all helpful information that will stop most of the attacks from happening.
this happened at the Bowling Green, OH store.
They do it, and the manager even got red in the face saying something about him not having to sell me the item or something. I hope he was just having a bad day.
I don't purchase software from MS so I wouldn't know.
AFAIAC if I buy something and I want to resell it, there is little MS can do to stop me. I paid for the CD, it is mine. Tough if Billy doesn't like it.
yep, but if I refuse to even give them the information I don't have to go play fuck-around lay-around to get off the list. There is absolutely NO reason that they need that information when I go in there to buy a pair of wire-strippers and a bag of butt-connectors.
No company has the right to invade someone's privacy and send them shit unless the customer wants it. If they asked, "Excuse me sir, would you like to be added to our mailing list for future product information." I would be more likely to say yes than if they do what they currently do, "What's your last name? What's your first name? May I have your home phone number? May I have your address?"
I feel it is VERY rude to be asked personal information when buying something.
not the point. It would be like having a DVD not work just b/c you are playing it in a PS2. Before this year I *rarely* used my stereo (I had nothing more than a shitty old boom-box) and I *always* used my computer to play my music CDs.
This is my right as a consumer to use whatever device I want. Doesn't matter if I can use this device to copy it (remember? I own the CD)
Tough noogies.
There is definitly no way that any company should be able to collect information about a person that has purchased their CD. If this was a promotional CD I could see the point but if you purchase something it becomes yours (and you are free to do w/it whatever you wish) you paid a fee to give you rights. They are invading your privacy.
The fact that they are hiding this from view is an obvious attempt at actually selling the CDs. No one is going to buy the god damn things b/c of this crap. Hell, I hate to shop at Radio Shack b/c of the fact that they ask for my private information and seem to feel it is their god given right to have it. (No, I will NOT give them any of my info even if I purchase my items w/a CC -- this usually really irritates the clerk -- the information they need is how much the item costs, how much I paid, and that's it)
I am sick and tired of this crap. If I don't want to be known I don't have to be. Once you buy something you own it. That's it. Their ownership of the item stops when money exchanges hands.
Fuck that.
IIRC in the past two times that we have visited this topic (in the past week or two) we have already decided that the only way that SO can compete would be to have PERFECT conversion to/from MS. Problem is that they don't and by the time that they do MS will already have another Office Suite that will have to be supported...
It does not include NEARLY as many features necessary for GENERAL use..
Until SO gets these things they are toast.
I think being in space would be sweet believe me but 20 days?
:)
Honestly the views are wonderful but I would think I would get bored up there after a while. Watching the same damn view out of my hotel window would piss me off day after day for 20 days. There is absolutely nothing to do up there after the first few hours.
I say that we develop weightlessness stations on Earth and allow the scenery to change. That would be cool.
Well unless they let us do space walks
yeah great, we will have support for USB 2.0 but don't we have to be able to have support for each device?
Linux supports USB just fine it is the individual drivers for the devices that we are lacking. There are plenty of people putting in some hardcore work into making things work w/Linux but for the most part I see a lot of red X's next to just about every device (including every USB device I have ever had)
I am glad to see that Intel is going to push for Linux support but we need to have the drivers written too!
I think that the key phrase is "if they could".
I highly doubt that this merger could force anyone into using something other than Windows.
Get real.
yeah but DEC Alphas were way ahead of their time. Sort of reminds me of The Tucker.
Everyone is going to stick w/what they feel comfortable w/(Windows/Intel).
I really don't see the advantage for HP in buying out Compaq. They already laid of what 6,000 employees, had pretty poor outlooks for the future (as is every tech stock, but still)
I feel that both HP and Compaq make poor computers for regular people (I have no experience w/their professional series -- but knowing what Compaq did w/their newly aquired Alpha line I could only make some assumptions that it isn't good).
I say boo to this. Should have kept the fucking employees rather than wanting to save money to spend $25 billion on this.
yes, I apologize. I just upgraded to the latest version and I was wrong. I apologize.
I messed up. Here is the correct link! here
it doesn't load pages correctly (as IE and NS do)
like this page:
it loads fine in NS and almost fine in IE, but Konq is horrible.
I am confused as to why people seem to feel that all that is on the net is X-rated material and why they feel that everyone is going to go look at it.
just b/c a computer is available does NOT mean that there is going to be any use of it for porn.
most libraries have their computers out in the open and quite visable from surrounding areas (in fact most that I have seen are directly viewable from the circulation desk).
the ones that aren't I have NEVER seen anyone looking at porn.
what do I know though?
that's not what the article said but I assume that it could be used to do that.
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I can't imagine that in most public libraries 1 computer (or even 10% of the computers which would probably still be 5 or less) would be acceptable enough to do any sort of serious research.
I still feel that it is better to use a University library and use photocopiers/note taking as a way to document what you have found. Public libraries for the most part (at least in my experience) are quite lacking in the facilities that you need for serious research.
Just my worthless
it says that the main reason for removing the filter is for e-mail access (as the current filter blocks it).
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now, correct me if I am wrong, but don't most of those that use a library computer for Internet access do *some* surfing and research but the majority use it for e-mail access? This is at least what I have noticed in my few trips to the public library.
wouldn't it make more sense to have a filter that did not block e-mail but did block the rest of the crap? According to the article one of the librarians said that the filter is the best thing for them? Why not allow e-mail but still block the other shit?
Just my worthless
may I ask what the fuck you are talking about?
if you had posted w/an account I would have emailed you back instead of wasting time messaging you here.
at least my post was ontopic idiot.
freshmeat is even getting the jump on /.
;)
I saw this yesterday on fm.net and decided that it really wasn't worth the time to dl/install/fuck with it.
if it is so great I am sure that it will be at some point included in the GNOME base. Until that time I will remain anti anti-aliased
thanks for the info though.
better yet, let's keep it the way it is and download the god damn things for free.
it still looks half-useless.
;)
we have seen several *VERY* pretty pics there, but are there enough applications to actually make this a viable choice over WinCE (which IMO looks like hell compared to this)
I would love to run something other than WinCE on my Cassiopeia... I am almost sickened everytime I turn the damn thing on. It is very slow and ugly and it gives me little desire to use it.
Maybe QNX has found its niche
remember there are other applications (other than just the military and games as she mentioned) that use most of the CPU (RC5, Netscape ;))
this really has little to do w/UI. It has to do w/what she feels is important in the industry at this time (cell phones that are connected).
It's true that games love faster CPUs but it is also true that it is probably possible to make much faster/better games in the standard constraints that we already have but people don't care to do that anymore (remember 64k games that looked cool as hell or even 4mb games?)
Sending your picture in front of the Eiffel tower to your kids on your cell phone is less important than decreasing the bloat!
they call them scholarships b/c for the most part Athletes are at the top of the GPA scale as compared to their non-athlete friends.
remember that a MUCH higher percentage of athletes stay in school, graduate on time, and stay out of trouble...
the only reason you hear about athletes in trouble is b/c they are at the front of media attention...
I suggest you change your sig before you make yourself look like a bigger asshole.
they renamed them, they don't want to feel like the only quickies that they are ever going to have are on the web ;-)