I took a UI design class (for the second time;)) and they were talking about MS Word features that are amazing when you learn to use them but Microsoft (through observing users w/the product) noticed than nearly no one was using these functions..
so many programs are bloated as anything yet we typically only use 50% of the program...
Why can't a Linux distributor, particularly a highly-paid one like Corel, Caldera or RedHat, implement a simple website which includes up-to-date driver downloads?
why? because of all the different distributions. Too many things to cover. Maybe condense all into one you say? Too many people would get pissed off and it would just form another distribution... One won't topple all else, we have already seen that (even w/the large support RH gets).
<i>I want support for USB devices like mice out of box. I know this is going to be difficult, but these are areas Windows is flogging Linux in. I can set up a Windows 98 system, plug in a few peripherals, have the system detect them, install the latest DirectX and bam, full support for 99.9% of the best games out there. </i>
even though there is all this support coming in to Linux, who is saying that Linux is the superior gaming platform (minus any radicals out there;))? No one. They are saying it is gaining ground, but as of yet there hasn't been a major migration or anything, so there really isn't any need for this kind of "rapid windowsization" (Linus is not Stalin afterall;))
I disagree. I used this product on a friends machine and found it to be VERY buggy. Importing a Word document worked fine, typing new stuff in too, but the all important "save" didn't. Four hours of work, blam, gone b/c CO2k didn't like to save it in *any* readable format. A file was there and it had substance (like 20k) but CO2k wouldn't read it, nor would Word...
well, AFAIK 3Com/USR should have one out ASAP. When the 33.6 standard came out I know that soon after that I was upgrading my 28.8 Courier to a 33.6. When the 56k standard showed its face I did the same.
I can only assume that vendors will allow upgrades on *some* of their modems, but I *know* 3Com/USR will have upgrades for at least the Courier:)
"because who wants to be known as "that brain-damaged guy"?"
actually.. My nickname is Dopebrain... Do you honestly think that I care? I maintain an above average GPA, and I feel that I am relatively intelligent.
As far as your "brilliant" statement of using a personal testominal to respond, don't you see the irony of my response? Sometimes I wonder if I am Dogbert and the rest of the world is Dilbert...
"Gecko, Netscape's smaller, faster and more potent browser engine technology, is a key component of the AOL Anywhere strategy and is designed to power Internet devices across a range of platforms and enable Web developers to create more compelling Internet-based content and applications. All of these devices will utilize the LINUX operating system."
I assume this means that AOL will be opened (overall) to Linux. That would make for a larger user base (obviously). My gf would run Linux if she could access AOL w/it.
"It is an observed fact that people who are heavy users of pot lose a lot of motivation/spark. There are also links to depression. Whether is physiological or psychological I dunno, but it is observed."
their wrong. There is NO loss in motivation, no loss in "spark". I am quite happy, and quite motivated (being an avid athelete). I am convinced that all studies are bullshit.:)
"did that study take into account all the other drugs someone who regularly used ecstacy might be using as well, or were they able to limit their study to people who ONLY used ecstacy."
it wasn't specific.. But as far as E users go (that I know) usually are into the other "soft" drugs: pot, shrooms, acid.
from personal experience I don't believe ANY claims that ANY of those drugs listed cause brain damage or memory loss (long term anyway).
"So, are you a violent video gamer that eats Tofu and uses Ecstasy recreationally?"
I am not a violent person, actually I am rather mellow (probably the years of drugs and recently E). I play a lot of Quake1CTF but I am definitly not affected by playing.
"You didn't provide a link so I can't tell if your reference to Alzheimers is actually mentioned in the study or an inference on your part based on the words 'memory loss'."
I just tried USA Today's website (to no avail) to find the story (if they even have old articles), but it was in the paper on Wednesday of last week I beleive (right on the front page).
I don't believe that a 20 year study would allow for a test of LTM loss. Especially if you are using it RECREATIONALLY. I am not talking about the people that use it almost all the time (serotonin disorder), I am talking about 2x a month (and maybe 2 pills in a night).
As far as having sleep disorders (as in another reply) and relating these to a "bad roll"... Your experience was not rare, but the sleep disorders were. I have had bad rolls on several occasions, but never had any "cracked out" behavior lasting more than 48 hours. The effects of E on the mind *can* last up to 7 days but usually not more than that. This person's case was an exception. E is related to speed, etc, of course it is going to distrupt your sleep patterns, but it won't affect long term.
As far as the USA Today article talking about this new research, they weren't pointing to CURRENT LTM loss and CURRENT sleep disorders, they were HYPHOTHESING that this will happen to regular users in the FUTURE. It is all bunk.
How is it offtopic? It is showing that this study is as ridiculous as my post.
New studies supposedly show that Tofu reduces memory retention (an actual study). Also, there have been tests to show that the use of Ecstacy as a recreational drug causes long term memory loss and sleep disorders (although the use of it as a recreational drug has only been around for about 20 or so years (in large numbers)) yet somehow they can determine that people can get Alztimers from it. BULLSHIT.
umm, no more than 3 years ago, Prudential Securities was still using it for their day to day trading (I don't know if they still use it, but if you go on the speed of business they probably are).
I still have WARP running on a machine here still, somewhat only for nostalgia, but in general b/c I just always loved OS/2, and I probably always will.
Back in my 386SX - 16 days (5mb of ram) OS/2 was the best thing you could get (desqview or win31 were you only options for "multitasking") and when you run a BBS and still want to use your computer for something worthwhile, OS/2 was the way to go.
"If patents have been done before or are obvious, what's stopping people challenging them?"
it is a well known fact that most patent challanges are never awarded. It happens sometimes, but in a vast majority of the cases it doesn't come about.
it is part of the bullshit system we live in. The nice guys NEVER win...
I have patented the use of square items w/the letters of all languages printed on them to facilitate the fast input of ideas to both paper and electronic sources.
I am going to sue everyone b/c I deserve the money for thinking up the idea of creating the patent for things that everyone already uses.
what does the RIAA get out of stopping Napster? People have always been copying tapes, taping shows (in fact most bands that allow taping at their concerts fair better in ticket sales -- ie. Grateful Dead).
The free sharing of music is the best way IMHO. Kinda like Linux... It is gaining popularity (partly for stability, partly for cost) and it is starting to become a *small* competitor to Windows (same thing would happen w/music, look at DMB or Deadheads)
"Ahhhh, and now the truth is revealed: you want Linux to remain your own little exclusionary playground, somehow thinking that by letting people like me use it, you lose something. "
actually no, I think that computers in general are my personal playground and I really don't like the fact that there are people out there that don't give a flying rats ass about how they work. Computers were not put on this earth to play games, get a Nintendo...
As far as not wanting to share Linux... I do believe that it needs to be made easier to use to allow for a larger user base, but.. I don't like the fact that there is this large influx of new users not willing to learn *ANYTHING* about the system, then they fucking whine and bitch about how "it doesn't work". Use Windows/MacOS if you want ease of use. Don't come whining to me in #linux or on email when you can't get something to work (most likely b/c you were unwilling to read).
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I took a UI design class (for the second time ;)) and they were talking about MS Word features that are amazing when you learn to use them but Microsoft (through observing users w/the product) noticed than nearly no one was using these functions..
so many programs are bloated as anything yet we typically only use 50% of the program...
Why can't a Linux distributor, particularly a highly-paid one like Corel, Caldera or RedHat, implement a simple website which includes up-to-date driver downloads?
;))? No one. They are saying it is gaining ground, but as of yet there hasn't been a major migration or anything, so there really isn't any need for this kind of "rapid windowsization" (Linus is not Stalin afterall ;))
why? because of all the different distributions. Too many things to cover. Maybe condense all into one you say? Too many people would get pissed off and it would just form another distribution... One won't topple all else, we have already seen that (even w/the large support RH gets).
<i>I want support for USB devices like mice out of box. I know this is going to be difficult, but these are areas Windows is flogging Linux in. I can set up a Windows 98 system, plug in a few peripherals, have the system detect them, install the latest DirectX and bam, full support for 99.9% of the best games out there. </i>
even though there is all this support coming in to Linux, who is saying that Linux is the superior gaming platform (minus any radicals out there
after becomming aquianted w/the new configuration setup it was fairly simple (even to do Multihead w/two different cards).
xinerama is sweet stuff. Forget virtual desktops... Once you taste multihead w/xinerama you'll never go back
I would say that the easy config is the biggest shocker
I disagree. I used this product on a friends machine and found it to be VERY buggy. Importing a Word document worked fine, typing new stuff in too, but the all important "save" didn't. Four hours of work, blam, gone b/c CO2k didn't like to save it in *any* readable format. A file was there and it had substance (like 20k) but CO2k wouldn't read it, nor would Word...
well, AFAIK 3Com/USR should have one out ASAP. When the 33.6 standard came out I know that soon after that I was upgrading my 28.8 Courier to a 33.6. When the 56k standard showed its face I did the same.
:)
I can only assume that vendors will allow upgrades on *some* of their modems, but I *know* 3Com/USR will have upgrades for at least the Courier
just tried several mirrors *and* xfree86.org and found the dirs to be non-existant (as listed in the article) or empty (as in ftp.xfree86.org). :(
In a larger company where people leave their computers running all day, and all night
;))? This would save us mucho money :)
what about a poor college student that leaves his computers running all day doing RC5 (or that SETI stuff
it seems to me to be reminiscent of some of the bloat that i switched to linux to get away from.
:) Almost like the joys of *free* beer(tm). :)
;-)
yeah, but at least this is *free* bloat
speaking of free beer bloat after today's Holiday celebrations I have a ton of it
Netscape isn't a terrible looking application, after all -- Motif.
Yeah, but they are moving to a GTK interface w/Mozilla. I think everyone understands that both QT and GTK look better.
"because who wants to be known as "that brain-damaged guy"?"
actually.. My nickname is Dopebrain... Do you honestly think that I care? I maintain an above average GPA, and I feel that I am relatively intelligent.
As far as your "brilliant" statement of using a personal testominal to respond, don't you see the irony of my response? Sometimes I wonder if I am Dogbert and the rest of the world is Dilbert...
"Gecko, Netscape's smaller, faster and more potent browser engine technology, is a key component of the AOL Anywhere strategy and is designed to power Internet devices across a range of platforms and
enable Web developers to create more compelling
Internet-based content and applications. All of these devices will utilize the LINUX operating system."
I assume this means that AOL will be opened (overall) to Linux. That would make for a larger user base (obviously). My gf would run Linux if she could access AOL w/it.
"It is an observed fact that people who are heavy users of pot lose a lot of motivation/spark. There are also links to depression. Whether is physiological or psychological I dunno, but it is observed."
:)
their wrong. There is NO loss in motivation, no loss in "spark". I am quite happy, and quite motivated (being an avid athelete). I am convinced that all studies are bullshit.
"did that study take into account all the other drugs someone who regularly used ecstacy might be using as well, or were they able to limit their study to people who ONLY used ecstacy."
it wasn't specific.. But as far as E users go (that I know) usually are into the other "soft" drugs: pot, shrooms, acid.
from personal experience I don't believe ANY claims that ANY of those drugs listed cause brain damage or memory loss (long term anyway).
"So, are you a violent video gamer that eats Tofu and uses Ecstasy recreationally?"
I am not a violent person, actually I am rather mellow (probably the years of drugs and recently E). I play a lot of Quake1CTF but I am definitly not affected by playing.
"You didn't provide a link so I can't tell if your
reference to Alzheimers is actually mentioned in the study or an inference on your part based on the words 'memory loss'."
I just tried USA Today's website (to no avail) to find the story (if they even have old articles), but it was in the paper on Wednesday of last week I beleive (right on the front page).
I don't believe that a 20 year study would allow for a test of LTM loss. Especially if you are using it RECREATIONALLY. I am not talking about the people that use it almost all the time (serotonin disorder), I am talking about 2x a month (and maybe 2 pills in a night).
As far as having sleep disorders (as in another reply) and relating these to a "bad roll"... Your experience was not rare, but the sleep disorders were. I have had bad rolls on several occasions, but never had any "cracked out" behavior lasting more than 48 hours. The effects of E on the mind *can* last up to 7 days but usually not more than that. This person's case was an exception. E is related to speed, etc, of course it is going to distrupt your sleep patterns, but it won't affect long term.
As far as the USA Today article talking about this new research, they weren't pointing to CURRENT LTM loss and CURRENT sleep disorders, they were HYPHOTHESING that this will happen to regular users in the FUTURE. It is all bunk.
How is it offtopic? It is showing that this study is as ridiculous as my post.
New studies supposedly show that Tofu reduces memory retention (an actual study). Also, there have been tests to show that the use of Ecstacy as a recreational drug causes long term memory loss and sleep disorders (although the use of it as a recreational drug has only been around for about 20 or so years (in large numbers)) yet somehow they can determine that people can get Alztimers from it. BULLSHIT.
People who drink MILK are at a higher risk to take drugs, commit suicide, and to commit murder. News at 6.
w/o an integrated ethernet you would have to use the USB ethernet adaptors out there (but will these USB adaptors be available for Linux?)
a box w/o a connection is like a TV w/o cable
umm, no more than 3 years ago, Prudential Securities was still using it for their day to day trading (I don't know if they still use it, but if you go on the speed of business they probably are).
:)
I still have WARP running on a machine here still, somewhat only for nostalgia, but in general b/c I just always loved OS/2, and I probably always will.
Back in my 386SX - 16 days (5mb of ram) OS/2 was the best thing you could get (desqview or win31 were you only options for "multitasking") and when you run a BBS and still want to use your computer for something worthwhile, OS/2 was the way to go.
Enough of my blabbering, sorry for the rambling
some of us don't read it all the time, and personally I have never seen it.
you're post was more worthless than mine IMHO.
you don't like my opinion, as I don't like yours, thus, opinions are like assholes, so keep it in your head.
"If patents have been done before or are obvious, what's stopping people challenging them?"
it is a well known fact that most patent challanges are never awarded. It happens sometimes, but in a vast majority of the cases it doesn't come about.
it is part of the bullshit system we live in. The nice guys NEVER win...
I have patented the use of square items w/the letters of all languages printed on them to facilitate the fast input of ideas to both paper and electronic sources.
I am going to sue everyone b/c I deserve the money for thinking up the idea of creating the patent for things that everyone already uses.
what does the RIAA get out of stopping Napster? People have always been copying tapes, taping shows (in fact most bands that allow taping at their concerts fair better in ticket sales -- ie. Grateful Dead).
The free sharing of music is the best way IMHO. Kinda like Linux... It is gaining popularity (partly for stability, partly for cost) and it is starting to become a *small* competitor to Windows (same thing would happen w/music, look at DMB or Deadheads)
Just my
"Ahhhh, and now the truth is revealed: you want Linux to remain your own little exclusionary playground, somehow thinking that by letting people like me use it, you lose something. "
actually no, I think that computers in general are my personal playground and I really don't like the fact that there are people out there that don't give a flying rats ass about how they work. Computers were not put on this earth to play games, get a Nintendo...
As far as not wanting to share Linux... I do believe that it needs to be made easier to use to allow for a larger user base, but.. I don't like the fact that there is this large influx of new users not willing to learn *ANYTHING* about the system, then they fucking whine and bitch about how "it doesn't work". Use Windows/MacOS if you want ease of use. Don't come whining to me in #linux or on email when you can't get something to work (most likely b/c you were unwilling to read).