they make enough in taxes already. $75 out of every one of my checks goes to already worthless programs. I am not here to pay the way for someone else, nor is the Internet.
Finally, a game that actually looks GOOD on the Linux platform. It doesn't require a 3D accelerator, it doesn't need a p3-500, it doesn't need 128mb of ram, and it looks GREAT.
The demo is fully playable for both Multiplayer and Single (one level each but still).
I wonder if the Government is going to use this new tax as a way to cover the FBI wanting to build the new "big brother" public network watcher...
What is the point of having the tax anyway? Don't they realize that this is going to kill the future of online buying... Why don't these fools every think of this crap ahead of time? I think that the Congressmen need to use the Internet before the decide the fate of it.
I love lawyers. All they seem to know how to do is threaten and bully, regardless of how empty their threats are.
This is the idea. They don't want 2 million customers to just go bye bye. They like sending out worthless email for whatever reason (probably cause it is a lot cheaper than sending normal mail) Can you imagine the funds that they are raking in from not sending out the mail USPS? They wouldn't be quite as rich otherwise.;-)
this may be about the movies, but you are all complaining about lawyers taking down web pages over illegal material...
LUCAS MADE THE FILM, HE DESERVES THE MONEY FOR IT!
It is just like what should be happening. People who bootleg and distribute it should get busted... I am not being hypocrytical here, I never have dl'd a movie, nor will I. If I really want to waste time, I will go see it for $7. I look at it as saving me $7 on my DSL charges... I can waste my time dl'ing something worthwhile.
Get over it guys. He is doing what is right, and stop getting all annoyed over it.
Yes, but the size of the LCD's are going down. I recently saw a 15" LCD that was REAL thin. My 12.1" LCD is nearly twice as thick. So the size *is* going down and going up heeh.
I am not saying that the size will forever continue, but as far as most people are concearned bigger is always better...
44mb HD's were big enough 7 years ago... Everything changes... Does the current cost outweigh the good parts of this, probably, but then again, someone out there will always have reason to use it.
My 12.1" LCD panel that I am using now is fine, and in fact I am going to go w/a 14" viewable 15" monitor b/c I just don't need anything bigger than that, but who is to say that Joe over there doesn't want it?
I was thinking the same thing... I looked at the small blurb about it, and talked about it on IRC some... Why in the world, when you are trying to make Linux a viable operating system in the world today, make free items so expensive?
Normally I would think that Webalyzer must be some kind of expensive logging software or something... No, in fact it isn't even that wonderful. It does its job but it is free.
I don't get it, lets rake em over the coals now while the Linux hype is up and forget about later...
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I was kinda thinking the same thing...
what about the complaint about the PalmV and using it to steal the remote operation codes from cars so that you can open the doors just by intercepting the keycode... Can you do this w/this? Just intercept the IR beam and run like a purse-snatcher laughing all the way?
I am all for electronic little gadjets doing my work for me, but I feel bad enough typing my CC info into a web browswer for a transaction (and even worse when a computer company says, oh, send it to us in email, it is as safe as handing it to a waiter in a restaurant). Maybe I am old fashioned and maybe a bit paranoid, but I would carry my wallet any day over my Palm for money transaction... Plus, paper and coin and even plastic money transfers just as easy as this...
My problem here is this: My first IBM compat computer was a PB 386SX-16. A computer that lasted for 5 long years w/o any major problems. When the Class Action Suit came out for all PB users I had to laugh... It stated that any machine bought before a certain time was guaranteed another 5 years of warranty... Now, the reason that this is so funny is #1 -- I had a 386SX-16 that was already 5 years old and had been relinquished to serving as a BBS. #2 -- How many people really use the same machine for 5 years? #3 -- If they were so terrible that we needed to file a classaction suit, why would you want to have the items in the lawsuit add more to a warranty for a computer that wasn't working for you in the first place?
Now, as far as PB using crappy parts in their machines (and as far as the class action suit stated, refurbished parts in new machines) -- what company on the market today doesn't sell their machines w/Winmodems (as we all know the lowest of the low on our hardware lists) or w/Winprinters, or w/some other god awful device that really only works in Windows? I think that we just need to stop crying and fess up that you get what you pay for...
I don't work in a high-tech job, but I think that the same ideas apply here... Last year I was working 70+ hour work weeks w/o overtime and w/o any reason not to. Did I ask for representation? No... The reason that I was working so many hours wasn't because I wasn't doing my job... Not because someone was standing over me telling me to... It was b/c I needed to.
I am a swim coach for a summer swim team. 75 kids staring at me every morning from a freezing cold pool hanging on whatever I say... Now... It is kinda like what the guy in the NYT story was talking about. He said that he was doing it for the love of the industry, and the knowledge that the people that are using his software are getting what they want out of what he has created. He is helping out other people, as I am helping out these kids.
I was thinking about going into the computer industry and working these sweat-shop hours and working for whatever pay, but I didn't... I don't love computers the way I love the way that the kids appreciate what I have done for them... The only time you need to be represented is if you don't love what you are doing, if you don't want to do what you are doing, and if you don't have the brains yourself to change your situation...
I am not trying to say that Unions haven't served their purpose, but why when you already have benefits, money, and good stock options would you need someone else to fight for the number of hours you are working on something that you should be loving?
I am no genious, but I never had the severe problems that others had in installing Linux. I put the CD in, I read the documentation, and it worked.
I hung out on efnet #linux for a while absorbing and noticing that Samba caused all sorts of problems. Most of the time the response from the community was, "RTFM" or "read the docs" or something of the like.
Now, I only have one Linux book, the one that came w/my original Slackware 3.2 Slackware distrib. To honestly tell you the truth, I never opened it to learn about Linux. -- back to my Samba thing;-) -- When I wanted to be able to share files here at school I was expecting hours of headaches and such. What I found was about 10 mins of ease. I read the documentation, found out how to use passwords, found out how to use smb.conf, etc. I didn't use a GtkSmb, or other GUI, just good 'ol vi and man pages.
Here is my problem w/your post sir. You said that you have all these books, and blah blah blah. Thing is that you were looking all in the wrong places. All you need are the HOWTO's, and the man pages.
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they make enough in taxes already. $75 out of every one of my checks goes to already worthless programs. I am not here to pay the way for someone else, nor is the Internet.
Finally, a game that actually looks GOOD on the Linux platform. It doesn't require a 3D accelerator, it doesn't need a p3-500, it doesn't need 128mb of ram, and it looks GREAT.
:)
The demo is fully playable for both Multiplayer and Single (one level each but still).
Great game, well worth the dl
I wonder if the Government is going to use this new tax as a way to cover the FBI wanting to build the new "big brother" public network watcher...
What is the point of having the tax anyway? Don't they realize that this is going to kill the future of online buying... Why don't these fools every think of this crap ahead of time? I think that the Congressmen need to use the Internet before the decide the fate of it.
I love lawyers. All they seem to know how to do is threaten and bully, regardless of how empty their threats are.
;-)
This is the idea. They don't want 2 million customers to just go bye bye. They like sending out worthless email for whatever reason (probably cause it is a lot cheaper than sending normal mail) Can you imagine the funds that they are raking in from not sending out the mail USPS? They wouldn't be quite as rich otherwise.
can you get my mother to start doing my laundry again? Perhaps get my father to wash my car and my gf to learn to cook and clean ;-)
/me bows to the power...
yeah, but they quickly learn that they are about as useful as the robot and do less work ;-)
this may be about the movies, but you are all complaining about lawyers taking down web pages over illegal material...
LUCAS MADE THE FILM, HE DESERVES THE MONEY FOR IT!
It is just like what should be happening. People who bootleg and distribute it should get busted... I am not being hypocrytical here, I never have dl'd a movie, nor will I. If I really want to waste time, I will go see it for $7. I look at it as saving me $7 on my DSL charges... I can waste my time dl'ing something worthwhile.
Get over it guys. He is doing what is right, and stop getting all annoyed over it.
Yes, but the size of the LCD's are going down. I recently saw a 15" LCD that was REAL thin. My 12.1" LCD is nearly twice as thick. So the size *is* going down and going up heeh.
I am not saying that the size will forever continue, but as far as most people are concearned bigger is always better...
To each his own I guess.
44mb HD's were big enough 7 years ago... Everything changes... Does the current cost outweigh the good parts of this, probably, but then again, someone out there will always have reason to use it.
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My 12.1" LCD panel that I am using now is fine, and in fact I am going to go w/a 14" viewable 15" monitor b/c I just don't need anything bigger than that, but who is to say that Joe over there doesn't want it?
Another worthless
do they give you full support w/your $150? Or do you have to pay more for more support?
but why must we pay $150 for something that is free? Where is the whole pay for book and media only? Give me a break, there is no need for that.
I was thinking the same thing... I looked at the small blurb about it, and talked about it on IRC some... Why in the world, when you are trying to make Linux a viable operating system in the world today, make free items so expensive?
Normally I would think that Webalyzer must be some kind of expensive logging software or something... No, in fact it isn't even that wonderful. It does its job but it is free.
I don't get it, lets rake em over the coals now while the Linux hype is up and forget about later...
I was kinda thinking the same thing...
what about the complaint about the PalmV and using it to steal the remote operation codes from cars so that you can open the doors just by intercepting the keycode... Can you do this w/this? Just intercept the IR beam and run like a purse-snatcher laughing all the way?
I am all for electronic little gadjets doing my work for me, but I feel bad enough typing my CC info into a web browswer for a transaction (and even worse when a computer company says, oh, send it to us in email, it is as safe as handing it to a waiter in a restaurant). Maybe I am old fashioned and maybe a bit paranoid, but I would carry my wallet any day over my Palm for money transaction... Plus, paper and coin and even plastic money transfers just as easy as this...
My problem here is this: My first IBM compat computer was a PB 386SX-16. A computer that lasted for 5 long years w/o any major problems. When the Class Action Suit came out for all PB users I had to laugh... It stated that any machine bought before a certain time was guaranteed another 5 years of warranty... Now, the reason that this is so funny is #1 -- I had a 386SX-16 that was already 5 years old and had been relinquished to serving as a BBS. #2 -- How many people really use the same machine for 5 years? #3 -- If they were so terrible that we needed to file a classaction suit, why would you want to have the items in the lawsuit add more to a warranty for a computer that wasn't working for you in the first place?
.02
Now, as far as PB using crappy parts in their machines (and as far as the class action suit stated, refurbished parts in new machines) -- what company on the market today doesn't sell their machines w/Winmodems (as we all know the lowest of the low on our hardware lists) or w/Winprinters, or w/some other god awful device that really only works in Windows? I think that we just need to stop crying and fess up that you get what you pay for...
Just my worthless
I don't work in a high-tech job, but I think that the same ideas apply here... Last year I was working 70+ hour work weeks w/o overtime and w/o any reason not to. Did I ask for representation? No... The reason that I was working so many hours wasn't because I wasn't doing my job... Not because someone was standing over me telling me to... It was b/c I needed to.
I am a swim coach for a summer swim team. 75 kids staring at me every morning from a freezing cold pool hanging on whatever I say... Now... It is kinda like what the guy in the NYT story was talking about. He said that he was doing it for the love of the industry, and the knowledge that the people that are using his software are getting what they want out of what he has created. He is helping out other people, as I am helping out these kids.
I was thinking about going into the computer industry and working these sweat-shop hours and working for whatever pay, but I didn't... I don't love computers the way I love the way that the kids appreciate what I have done for them... The only time you need to be represented is if you don't love what you are doing, if you don't want to do what you are doing, and if you don't have the brains yourself to change your situation...
I am not trying to say that Unions haven't served their purpose, but why when you already have benefits, money, and good stock options would you need someone else to fight for the number of hours you are working on something that you should be loving?
Think about that...
Not true...
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:) It is really easy to do, all the links are there (or used to be hehe).
Check out my "howto" on portfw'ing:
http://www.gargoyle.dyndns.org/linux/portfw-tut
anyway, the webserver itself is behind the IPmasq
I am no genious, but I never had the severe problems that others had in installing Linux. I put the CD in, I read the documentation, and it worked.
;-) -- When I wanted to be able to share files here at school I was expecting hours of headaches and such. What I found was about 10 mins of ease. I read the documentation, found out how to use passwords, found out how to use smb.conf, etc. I didn't use a GtkSmb, or other GUI, just good 'ol vi and man pages.
:)
I hung out on efnet #linux for a while absorbing and noticing that Samba caused all sorts of problems. Most of the time the response from the community was, "RTFM" or "read the docs" or something of the like.
Now, I only have one Linux book, the one that came w/my original Slackware 3.2 Slackware distrib. To honestly tell you the truth, I never opened it to learn about Linux. -- back to my Samba thing
Here is my problem w/your post sir. You said that you have all these books, and blah blah blah. Thing is that you were looking all in the wrong places. All you need are the HOWTO's, and the man pages.
Maybe I am the one that is wrong