sorry, but that is correct. When I go anywhere I make sure to have fully researched (usually w/the Internet, sometimes w/maps) where I am going and what's going on. If you don't tough shit.
As far as you punching me. That's about as useless as me telling you to go look it up in the atlas.
If you are going to start using Linux (especially "a few years ago") you need to learn to read. Every OS should require people to read, it creates a larger userbase of knowing people... Not the point.
Just b/c someone told you to RTFM does not mean you should whine all over the place about it. Honestly, getting the mouse to work in X is covered in just about every document there is on the Internet. If you are too lazy to look first before you ask, then they are too lazy to help you.
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As far as HP is concerned. As much as I disapprove of their lack of Linux support I like their products. I have been using the same HP Deskjet 400C for 4 years. It hasn't given me very many problems and even prints fast enough to make me happy.
I don't see any companies really being all that helpful w/USB devices in Linux (Intel's USB cameras for example) yet there are plenty of people out there using USB snoop (or whatever it is) to find out for themselves how to get the device to work.
I refuse to buy USB devices for the simple fact that Linux does not support them. Do not complain about Company X when they won't pass out your device's specs, and definitly don't flame them.
I really think that this post was only to flame HP "nicely".
Linux won't ever become a mainstream OS b/c it missed its oppertunity by several years. It isn't b/c of the users, the developers, or the companies.
where I lived, someone once stole the Bob's Big Boy from its perch in front of the restaurant. They dragged it down the street and left bits and pieces trailing all the way to its hiding place.
</bear_with_me_here>
Honestly, the only reason I could see stealing this would be to say "Hey, I have an Internet connected web-bench in my front yard."
I couldn't think of a reason why anyone would really want to do this? Don't you already have enough Microsoft owned "web benchs" in your home right now? I have sat in front of many of them all over the country. This one better be padded. At least then it would be comfortable:)
I never found any true use for them. I guess if you were at any show and under the incredible influence of LSD then this would be enjoyable.
At any other show I find them to be terribly annoying and distracting from the performers on stage.
Why would I want even more tacked onto the cost of a ticket (TM, band fees are enough) just to see a bunch of shit that I can see while watching GForce for free.
they are planning on encrypting the signal b/c they feel that even "amatuers" are going to be able to intercept the digital transmissions and get great copies of *whatever*.
so they are going to spend $ on development, driving the cost of the already pricy equipment up.
I honestly hate cable right now. The fuzzy crap (from too many splices and the low signal strength to discourage this type of thing), the poor channel options, and pricy service for nothing.
Are movies distributed over the cable far superior to the ones I can rent for $2.95/day on DVD? I watch like a movie a week. That's less than $15/mo. Why the hell should I be paying $40+/mo for that?
will there be the ability to do a conversion back to MP3 once you have it? This will severely limit the number of users from the non-standard platforms.
I know that the format will be easily cracked (as many people will mention on this thread today) and I know hardly anyone will use it (as more people will post), but for those people who are actually interested in it, would it actually be useful?
Most people download MP3's to burn to CD to listen to later. Would they at least convert to WAV to allow for burning?
he is an educated math/science guy. What would make you figure he had any idea about how to present material in a way that would be appealing to the rest of us;-)
just b/c we are altering the state of the earth does not mean that we will 'destroy it' 'kill it' 'kill ourselves off' etc. The earth will return. We will survive. Get over it.
this has happened many times before in history and it will happen again. Just b/c we are accelerating it does not mean it is a bad thing.
If we didn't do it now, it would have happened 10,000 years from now. People will still be around, and the same damn problems will present themselves.
you're wrong. they have many more uses than "just for business trips".
Not having sound? What the hell are you talking about? People play DVD's on Laptops all the time? Oh wait, DVD's are silent movies now!
No, it isn't important to run Linux everywhere, it is a choice. I personally do not like to have my machine crash 2 or 3x while doing anything. I can put Linux on my laptop (I had a laptop from 96-99) and run it all day w/o a problem.
I have never used Konq. I was told by a couple of friends that I should try it out. Perhaps Konq is going to do for the Linux crowd what IE did for Windows browsing.
Netscape has been falling behind. Mozilla is great and all (it still crashes for me) but it seems like Konq is moving fast.
here in OH they are a pain in the ass about the SSN shit on the license. You can ask to have it not on there (it's "optional") yet they give you crap when you don't want it on there (at least here in NW Ohio).
It is NOT illegal to have your SSN but I do NOT like it. In fact I refuse to give it out for any reason (video store rentals and shit). I lie when they ask and they *require* it.
In PA they are using video cameras and stuff to supposedly map traffic patterns and what not. They claim that they will NOT use it to find speeders. I don't believe it myself, but we shall see. It's called VMS. Maybe you want to check it out on the web. I beleive that they have IP's that you can watch the live video feeds IIRC.
I am glad that the Europeans feel safer knowing that someone is watching them from the skies, but I am not. I don't feel safe knowing that there may be a cop 20 ft behind me. It really doesn't stop someone from walking up and killing me.
I am scared of anything that gives the gov the ability to watch over me. I am my own person, I can take care of myself. I don't need "big brother" watching me.
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another story to add to the mounting piles of crap that /. editors have been posting lately.
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I have found that by going to other sites I am getting better coverage than
I have been an advocate (and even annoyed that people were complaining about the journalism here) but this is getting ridiculous.
Repeat posts, The Onion like garbage, etc is all getting to me.
Clean up the act boys.
yeah, and your users would be less pissed off too ;-)
sorry, but that is correct. When I go anywhere I make sure to have fully researched (usually w/the Internet, sometimes w/maps) where I am going and what's going on. If you don't tough shit.
As far as you punching me. That's about as useless as me telling you to go look it up in the atlas.
ahhh yes. The infamous "RTFM"...
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If you are going to start using Linux (especially "a few years ago") you need to learn to read. Every OS should require people to read, it creates a larger userbase of knowing people... Not the point.
Just b/c someone told you to RTFM does not mean you should whine all over the place about it. Honestly, getting the mouse to work in X is covered in just about every document there is on the Internet. If you are too lazy to look first before you ask, then they are too lazy to help you.
---
As far as HP is concerned. As much as I disapprove of their lack of Linux support I like their products. I have been using the same HP Deskjet 400C for 4 years. It hasn't given me very many problems and even prints fast enough to make me happy.
I don't see any companies really being all that helpful w/USB devices in Linux (Intel's USB cameras for example) yet there are plenty of people out there using USB snoop (or whatever it is) to find out for themselves how to get the device to work.
I refuse to buy USB devices for the simple fact that Linux does not support them. Do not complain about Company X when they won't pass out your device's specs, and definitly don't flame them.
I really think that this post was only to flame HP "nicely".
Linux won't ever become a mainstream OS b/c it missed its oppertunity by several years. It isn't b/c of the users, the developers, or the companies.
Just my worthless
where I lived, someone once stole the Bob's Big Boy from its perch in front of the restaurant. They dragged it down the street and left bits and pieces trailing all the way to its hiding place.
</bear_with_me_here>
Honestly, the only reason I could see stealing this would be to say "Hey, I have an Internet connected web-bench in my front yard."
I couldn't think of a reason why anyone would really want to do this? Don't you already have enough Microsoft owned "web benchs" in your home right now? I have sat in front of many of them all over the country. This one better be padded. At least then it would be comfortable
I never found any true use for them. I guess if you were at any show and under the incredible influence of LSD then this would be enjoyable.
.02
At any other show I find them to be terribly annoying and distracting from the performers on stage.
Why would I want even more tacked onto the cost of a ticket (TM, band fees are enough) just to see a bunch of shit that I can see while watching GForce for free.
Just my worthless
Time Warner Cable, Bowling Green, OH.
Adelphia Cable, Clarks Summit, PA.
both have poor signal strength and fuzzy picture.
they are planning on encrypting the signal b/c they feel that even "amatuers" are going to be able to intercept the digital transmissions and get great copies of *whatever*.
so they are going to spend $ on development, driving the cost of the already pricy equipment up.
I honestly hate cable right now. The fuzzy crap (from too many splices and the low signal strength to discourage this type of thing), the poor channel options, and pricy service for nothing.
Are movies distributed over the cable far superior to the ones I can rent for $2.95/day on DVD? I watch like a movie a week. That's less than $15/mo. Why the hell should I be paying $40+/mo for that?
I guess I am rambling...
will there be the ability to do a conversion back to MP3 once you have it? This will severely limit the number of users from the non-standard platforms.
I know that the format will be easily cracked (as many people will mention on this thread today) and I know hardly anyone will use it (as more people will post), but for those people who are actually interested in it, would it actually be useful?
Most people download MP3's to burn to CD to listen to later. Would they at least convert to WAV to allow for burning?
if a negative post is put up on /., the company might as well already be blacklisted ;-)
he is an educated math/science guy. What would make you figure he had any idea about how to present material in a way that would be appealing to the rest of us ;-)
how the hell is that a wasteful design? It means that there is no support for the P4 arch. Get real.
if you think that buying a dual whatever board is going to be more cost effective than a Abit BP6 with a couple of cheap celerons, you are nuts.
At least that is my opinion.
the girl looks very fake. The guy looks very real.
;-)
There is less on the girl, why the hell does she look like she was painted?
Was the artist a woman
this was the most controversial posting that I have ever had. 15 mods. Many were positive but apparently most were negative.
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Shows that moderation really doesn't work all the time, and good posts are sometimes buried b/c of it.
Just my worthless
do they have seeds?
Having a vinyard would be quite the cluster of GRAPEs.
just b/c we are altering the state of the earth does not mean that we will 'destroy it' 'kill it' 'kill ourselves off' etc. The earth will return. We will survive. Get over it.
this has happened many times before in history and it will happen again. Just b/c we are accelerating it does not mean it is a bad thing.
If we didn't do it now, it would have happened 10,000 years from now. People will still be around, and the same damn problems will present themselves.
really? They make no money? What a fucking surprise? How many times have you clicked on one of those (other than to "stop animations")?
Once for me.
you're wrong. they have many more uses than "just for business trips".
Not having sound? What the hell are you talking about? People play DVD's on Laptops all the time? Oh wait, DVD's are silent movies now!
No, it isn't important to run Linux everywhere, it is a choice. I personally do not like to have my machine crash 2 or 3x while doing anything. I can put Linux on my laptop (I had a laptop from 96-99) and run it all day w/o a problem.
Trolls.
I have never used Konq. I was told by a couple of friends that I should try it out. Perhaps Konq is going to do for the Linux crowd what IE did for Windows browsing.
:(
Netscape has been falling behind. Mozilla is great and all (it still crashes for me) but it seems like Konq is moving fast.
I guess NS lost another browser war.
here in OH they are a pain in the ass about the SSN shit on the license. You can ask to have it not on there (it's "optional") yet they give you crap when you don't want it on there (at least here in NW Ohio).
.02
It is NOT illegal to have your SSN but I do NOT like it. In fact I refuse to give it out for any reason (video store rentals and shit). I lie when they ask and they *require* it.
In PA they are using video cameras and stuff to supposedly map traffic patterns and what not. They claim that they will NOT use it to find speeders. I don't believe it myself, but we shall see. It's called VMS. Maybe you want to check it out on the web. I beleive that they have IP's that you can watch the live video feeds IIRC.
I am glad that the Europeans feel safer knowing that someone is watching them from the skies, but I am not. I don't feel safe knowing that there may be a cop 20 ft behind me. It really doesn't stop someone from walking up and killing me.
I am scared of anything that gives the gov the ability to watch over me. I am my own person, I can take care of myself. I don't need "big brother" watching me.
That just my worthless
are they just allowing *ALL* companies (except those w/the obvious resources to handle the new licenses) to wait a year?
I honestly never thought that MS would go quite this psycho on licensing...
Did you?
I guess they were trying to stop from anyone suing them for using the acronym AIDS.
isn't it "I can almost smell the 30/60"?
MS is trying to become the next RedHat. It is obvious that this is a ploy to appeal to our natural desire for free software!
:)