You seem to forget that such a development would quickly be made useless by creating weapons that would disable something like these 'suits'.
Heck, all you have to take out is one leg, and the thing is done for - the FASA Battletech Mech's are entertaining but don't make much sense. Instead they remind me of the mistake the French did with their Maginot Line and slower, heavily armored tanks.
Of course our military is known to go out and spend money on a bunch of crap - M2 Bradley.
... because we make the "copy" better, more secure and add more features all while adhereing to open, published standards.
Take http://www.spreadfirefox.com/, which is the Firefox webbrowser, for example. This piece of software is hardly new in the sense of being first of its kind, and yes it "copies" the same basic functionality that IE does (and IE copies from Mosaic - check out help->About Internet Explorer, it says clearly "Based on NCSA Mosaic."), but just because someone else invented the wheel doesn't mean we can't use it or make our own, or a better one.
And don't get me started on innovation. As a matter of fact FOSS has already beaten the mighty M$ to a better desktop search (Beagel http://www.gnome.org/projects/beagle/ vs. WinFS - though I will admit I can't quite predict what WinFS will be like IF it ever gets released or if the 2 are even comparable).
Oh, and we are creating new virtual machine architectures[VMA] (XEN http://www.xensource.com/ for example? Again, not sure if that is what you meant with VMA) and new visual interfaces (check out http://cairographics.org/introduction/ for Cairo, which may beat M$ again to the finish-line).
And while M$ buys 90% of the time the technology or licenses it, FOSS actually does develop their stuf from scratch.
Rehashing what's been done before and then claim we do not have freedom to do what we want to do. Interesting. I am not quite sure where these 2 opinions intersect to make sense. Please explain yourself further...
All in all I think you are way of mark, Microsoft-Fanboy!
Ooops, I hit the "submit" button while wanting to preview my post, so I left out my point. Here it is.
Over short or long, not joining in the effort of creating an industry that itself works on creating technology to make "cleaner" products will mean that we will become a second rate player and will forever play catch-up with the rest of the world (French!).
I for one don't want to see that happen, and, face it, we could benefit from cleaning up our emissions.
US car makers lost the lead to foreign car manufacturers because they ignored the world economies and instead created bigger engines that guzzle much fuel but have neither the long sustainable high power output nor have the fuel efficiency that foreign cars have been showing off.
As an example: automotive diesel engines
We can't even import the REALLY nice ones because our diesel fuel is too dirty - a shame because the average american doesn't even know what he is missing.
And I just assume that Linus used an unlizensed copy of MS-DOS, just like we all did back then. Also, I seriosly doubt that the compiler and text editor used by him were legally purchased.
You assume awfully much here. My 486 came with a licensed copy of DOS and I don't see why L.T. was assumably working on an unlicensed DOS.
Your other assumption of Please stop telling that Linux was developed by a small group of heroic people. It was built using existing commercial tools and the time open source developers worldwide donated. But this time was bought by commercial software as well (how do you think they pay for food, clothing and shelter?). has two major errors. You assume it was built on commercial tools, but what where these tools built on? I hope you get the depth of teh question. And the second blatantly wrong assumption is that every coder ever who wrote code worked for a "commercial software" developer who paid them. I know of people who work in jobs that aren't even IT related that code and have donated code to FOSS. And lastly, just because they happen to work for a commercial software developer doesn't mean that their code couldn't exist if they worked for, lets say a major energy provider or a automobile plant or...
Simply put You assume to much and don't realize you know too little
Weird I bought the game 2 days after it got released and have had little problems. Once they said the server would be down for 3-4 hours which was good because I NEEDED to get up and do something else. I have been playing A LOT and haven't had any problems so far. Only 1 bug is a bit annoying, it's the mining bug where sometimes i mine but the loot screen doesn't pop up and I am stuck in loot-mode. Re-logging fixes it though.
Im not the biggest Linux fans in the world, in fact i advise all of my clients against using Linux. If they decide to use Linux, they do pay my company and myself more for consulting services and application development.
After taking a peek at your website and blogs (there is a reason I did not want to stay long, and it had less to do with what you were saying and more with the way you were presenting stuff) I get the feeling you haven't mastered Linux enough to use it for your own purposes. As a self-proclaimed geek I would have expected to see you run your own DNS- and web-server, either on Linux (really easy with SuSE 9.1 Prof. - Oh, you dislike anything FOSS and especially Novell since they will sue SCO [you realize that SCO's going to be done and burried when IBM is finished with them, so why do you think Novell is doing it? One hint, it isn't greed, like I said they won't get anything from SCO after IBM squashes them]) or Microsoft Windows (though if you REALLY consult people and want to HELP them instead of just wanting to do a quick and dirty (... and insecure and expensive and... ) job for them then I don't see you pushing Windows stuff on them).
Don't worry guys, Linux is STILL a threat to National Security:)
Only to people like you that can't "hack" it or press a few buttons to "fix" it allin a few seconds (which by the way only works if Microsoft releases a patch). There are reasons why Windows is so insecure, amonsgt the many is the fact that it has bred a large crowd of "consultants" that think their only job is to press a few buttons in a GUI and that's it.
Funny that you seem to have forgotten that the German's were able to easily overcome the French Maginot Line, which the latter thought was impregnable.
Now if you think that the North Koreans can not overcome a stretch of land filled with Land mines, then you are clearly delusional (which most republicans are). The sister post made another good point. Our forces and the fact that we'd fight back if our South Korean ally would be invaded is by far the bigger detterent than a couple of (thousand) land mines.
By the way FREE iPODs IS A SCAM, YOU WILL NEVER GET YOURS !!! HAHAHA
I don't know what you are talking about. I did a full install of SuSE 9.1 Professional and I have a working C complier that did my little C/C++ apps just like that.
Of course, you admited to being a n00b, so the problem may be less with SuSE than with you. BTW RPM's are what are used on Fedore (Red Hat Package Manager!?!).
1. If not ATI, which one to get? NVIDIA uses also binary only drivers. That's not any better...
2. I installed the ATI 3D binary drivers on SuSE 9.1 for my 9800 Pro and was impressed. Wolfenstein and Neverwinter Nights looks just as good as their Windows parts.
This Arben dude took something that was free (as in beer as well as in speech) and tried/tries to sell it, claiming that he created it, when clearly he didn't.
I don't see any of the Slashdot geeks claiming they sung "Hit me baby, one more time" or claim to be The Boss and make money off of them.
By the way, nice try Arben. Too bad your strawman burnt so fast...
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cough! *fedora* cough!
Funny You put it that way. Fedora makes me choke up, too!
Aside from the technical point of view (sound in space, phase changes fix problems with warp drive etc.) the whole "we humans will learn how to live like beings with good, high-standard morals is just way too ridiculous to even remotely make sense.
Well, Linux users are actaully knowledgable about compiling without having to be a developer. So, in a sense, the only FUD that's being spread is that compiling is for developers.
And as for calling someone a fag that knows more about computers than you do... you still have about 5 years until you're 18, so you can still get to where the big kids are. That is, if you try hard.
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I find your lack of faith disturbing. - Lord Vader
Now, given that the world is essentially like a game of Civilization, why shouldn't we try to win?
That is exactly why everyone else in the world is objecting our way of doing things. We act as if "the strong" can waltz over "the weak" and do whatever they please. There was a time when we actually tried to put a stop to that (League of Nations and its 2nd installment the U.N.) but we have turned away from this path a long time ago (or maybe never REALLY followed it? - like the overthrowing of a democratically elected president in Iran after he nationalized Iranian oil).
Of course then there are those people that after hearing how current policies are being rejected will, irrationally, turn around and say that the US then should stop to "help" the world in general.
For them it's either Right through Might or American isolationism.
Why not just play fair, respect other peoples and nations rights and promote democracy and justice?
After all, if we are the good guys, why don't we act like them?
I bought a used Lexmark Optra S 1855 for $300 plus a high yield OEM toner cartridge for $200 plus tax and have been pretty happy so far. The printer is fast and quiet and the per page cost is going to be lower than with inkjet. The added network card that i got for it also made it really nice;-)
If you shop around at your local computer stores or on ebay you may find something that will be in your price range.
See, I'm not saying I won't buy it. Maybe I will. But before I buy I'd like to try a full-blown product, not castrated demo version.
That is the lamest thing I ever heard! How many games and other types have you bought after such a "review"? I am member of a computer science club that meets regularly and plays games. Many of the members, including boardmembers, are too cheap to buy the games they play at the LAN-party. Their excusses range from "no money" to "i got it for free" or "i am just testing it"! Lame, lame, lame. If you like the game then buy it.
And about spending $80 a year, nobody forces you to go out and buy the latest and greatest. On the other hand, if you feel your dick won't compete anymore with the rest of us...
Slashdot Mirror
... Microsoft's difficulty in competing with the popularity of its own software platform ...
Try something like not wanting to pay again for a new OS that you don't need since Win2k, while not perfect, is good enough.
You seem to forget that such a development would quickly be made useless by creating weapons that would disable something like these 'suits'.
Heck, all you have to take out is one leg, and the thing is done for - the FASA Battletech Mech's are entertaining but don't make much sense. Instead they remind me of the mistake the French did with their Maginot Line and slower, heavily armored tanks.
Of course our military is known to go out and spend money on a bunch of crap - M2 Bradley.
... because we make the "copy" better, more secure and add more features all while adhereing to open, published standards.
...
Take http://www.spreadfirefox.com/, which is the Firefox webbrowser, for example. This piece of software is hardly new in the sense of being first of its kind, and yes it "copies" the same basic functionality that IE does (and IE copies from Mosaic - check out help->About Internet Explorer, it says clearly "Based on NCSA Mosaic."), but just because someone else invented the wheel doesn't mean we can't use it or make our own, or a better one.
And don't get me started on innovation. As a matter of fact FOSS has already beaten the mighty M$ to a better desktop search (Beagel http://www.gnome.org/projects/beagle/ vs. WinFS - though I will admit I can't quite predict what WinFS will be like IF it ever gets released or if the 2 are even comparable).
Oh, and we are creating new virtual machine architectures[VMA] (XEN http://www.xensource.com/ for example? Again, not sure if that is what you meant with VMA) and new visual interfaces (check out http://cairographics.org/introduction/ for Cairo, which may beat M$ again to the finish-line).
And while M$ buys 90% of the time the technology or licenses it, FOSS actually does develop their stuf from scratch.
Rehashing what's been done before and then claim we do not have freedom to do what we want to do. Interesting. I am not quite sure where these 2 opinions intersect to make sense. Please explain yourself further
All in all I think you are way of mark, Microsoft-Fanboy!
Ooops, I hit the "submit" button while wanting to preview my post, so I left out my point. Here it is.
Over short or long, not joining in the effort of creating an industry that itself works on creating technology to make "cleaner" products will mean that we will become a second rate player and will forever play catch-up with the rest of the world (French!).
I for one don't want to see that happen, and, face it, we could benefit from cleaning up our emissions.
My $.02
US car makers lost the lead to foreign car manufacturers because they ignored the world economies and instead created bigger engines that guzzle much fuel but have neither the long sustainable high power output nor have the fuel efficiency that foreign cars have been showing off.
As an example: automotive diesel engines
We can't even import the REALLY nice ones because our diesel fuel is too dirty - a shame because the average american doesn't even know what he is missing.
And I just assume that Linus used an unlizensed copy of MS-DOS, just like we all did back then. Also, I seriosly doubt that the compiler and text editor used by him were legally purchased.
...
You assume awfully much here. My 486 came with a licensed copy of DOS and I don't see why L.T. was assumably working on an unlicensed DOS.
Your other assumption of Please stop telling that Linux was developed by a small group of heroic people. It was built using existing commercial tools and the time open source developers worldwide donated. But this time was bought by commercial software as well (how do you think they pay for food, clothing and shelter?). has two major errors. You assume it was built on commercial tools, but what where these tools built on? I hope you get the depth of teh question. And the second blatantly wrong assumption is that every coder ever who wrote code worked for a "commercial software" developer who paid them. I know of people who work in jobs that aren't even IT related that code and have donated code to FOSS. And lastly, just because they happen to work for a commercial software developer doesn't mean that their code couldn't exist if they worked for, lets say a major energy provider or a automobile plant or
Simply put You assume to much and don't realize you know too little
B0mbtruck
All Your Base Belongs Now To Me!
Weird I bought the game 2 days after it got released and have had little problems. Once they said the server would be down for 3-4 hours which was good because I NEEDED to get up and do something else. I have been playing A LOT and haven't had any problems so far. Only 1 bug is a bit annoying, it's the mining bug where sometimes i mine but the loot screen doesn't pop up and I am stuck in loot-mode. Re-logging fixes it though.
B0mbtruck - in your base!
Im not the biggest Linux fans in the world, in fact i advise all of my clients against using Linux. If they decide to use Linux, they do pay my company and myself more for consulting services and application development.
... ) job for them then I don't see you pushing Windows stuff on them).
:)
After taking a peek at your website and blogs (there is a reason I did not want to stay long, and it had less to do with what you were saying and more with the way you were presenting stuff) I get the feeling you haven't mastered Linux enough to use it for your own purposes. As a self-proclaimed geek I would have expected to see you run your own DNS- and web-server, either on Linux (really easy with SuSE 9.1 Prof. - Oh, you dislike anything FOSS and especially Novell since they will sue SCO [you realize that SCO's going to be done and burried when IBM is finished with them, so why do you think Novell is doing it? One hint, it isn't greed, like I said they won't get anything from SCO after IBM squashes them]) or Microsoft Windows (though if you REALLY consult people and want to HELP them instead of just wanting to do a quick and dirty (... and insecure and expensive and
Don't worry guys, Linux is STILL a threat to National Security
Only to people like you that can't "hack" it or press a few buttons to "fix" it allin a few seconds (which by the way only works if Microsoft releases a patch). There are reasons why Windows is so insecure, amonsgt the many is the fact that it has bred a large crowd of "consultants" that think their only job is to press a few buttons in a GUI and that's it.
Funny that you seem to have forgotten that the German's were able to easily overcome the French Maginot Line, which the latter thought was impregnable.
Now if you think that the North Koreans can not overcome a stretch of land filled with Land mines, then you are clearly delusional (which most republicans are). The sister post made another good point. Our forces and the fact that we'd fight back if our South Korean ally would be invaded is by far the bigger detterent than a couple of (thousand) land mines.
By the way FREE iPODs IS A SCAM, YOU WILL NEVER GET YOURS !!! HAHAHA
Just because it might not be entirely up to man-made emissions does NOT mean that
Looking at your argument again, what the hell ARE you trying to say?
I don't know what you are talking about. I did a full install of SuSE 9.1 Professional and I have a working C complier that did my little C/C++ apps just like that.
Of course, you admited to being a n00b, so the problem may be less with SuSE than with you. BTW RPM's are what are used on Fedore (Red Hat Package Manager!?!).
Two things:
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1. If not ATI, which one to get? NVIDIA uses also binary only drivers. That's not any better
2. I installed the ATI 3D binary drivers on SuSE 9.1 for my 9800 Pro and was impressed. Wolfenstein and Neverwinter Nights looks just as good as their Windows parts.
Friends don't let friends vote republican
This Arben dude took something that was free (as in beer as well as in speech) and tried/tries to sell it, claiming that he created it, when clearly he didn't.
...
I don't see any of the Slashdot geeks claiming they sung "Hit me baby, one more time" or claim to be The Boss and make money off of them.
By the way, nice try Arben. Too bad your strawman burnt so fast
Funny You put it that way. Fedora makes me choke up, too!
That is very true. Good point.
Aside from the technical point of view (sound in space, phase changes fix problems with warp drive etc.) the whole "we humans will learn how to live like beings with good, high-standard morals is just way too ridiculous to even remotely make sense.
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B0mbtruck set YOU up the bomb !!!
... at Bagdad airport just minutes before he ran back home.
Of course leave it up to the president to pick the one fake piece of food off of the table.
You can't spell SCOundrel without SCO
Come on, we all new it from the start !!!
And as for calling someone a fag that knows more about computers than you do ... you still have about 5 years until you're 18, so you can still get to where the big kids are. That is, if you try hard.
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I find your lack of faith disturbing. - Lord Vader
" but this is too much for me" -- if you can't take it get the fudge out. Linux people have courage, that's why we can face the storm.
"I think de Open Source Goeroes" -- who the fuck is Goeroes????
"are technical not so good as I thought" -- I bet they can make clearer sentences than you. And "technical" YOU are full of it
"I think de Unix technolgy is a lost path" -- and YOU are a lost case, too bad nobody cares.
In fact i'll just stop commenting on this shit, I have better things to do.
B0mbtruck
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I set YOU up the b0mb.
Thought i'd let you know ...
B0mbtruck, one base at a time
That is exactly why everyone else in the world is objecting our way of doing things. We act as if "the strong" can waltz over "the weak" and do whatever they please. There was a time when we actually tried to put a stop to that (League of Nations and its 2nd installment the U.N.) but we have turned away from this path a long time ago (or maybe never REALLY followed it? - like the overthrowing of a democratically elected president in Iran after he nationalized Iranian oil).
Of course then there are those people that after hearing how current policies are being rejected will, irrationally, turn around and say that the US then should stop to "help" the world in general.
For them it's either Right through Might or American isolationism.
Why not just play fair, respect other peoples and nations rights and promote democracy and justice?
After all, if we are the good guys, why don't we act like them?
I bought a used Lexmark Optra S 1855 for $300 plus a high yield OEM toner cartridge for $200 plus tax and have been pretty happy so far. The printer is fast and quiet and the per page cost is going to be lower than with inkjet. The added network card that i got for it also made it really nice ;-)
If you shop around at your local computer stores or on ebay you may find something that will be in your price range.
--I don't have a sig.
Just wait until I get my ammo for my german engineered Königstiger tank.
Like a Sherman will hold up to that.
That is the lamest thing I ever heard! How many games and other types have you bought after such a "review"? I am member of a computer science club that meets regularly and plays games. Many of the members, including boardmembers, are too cheap to buy the games they play at the LAN-party. Their excusses range from "no money" to "i got it for free" or "i am just testing it"! Lame, lame, lame. If you like the game then buy it.
And about spending $80 a year, nobody forces you to go out and buy the latest and greatest. On the other hand, if you feel your dick won't compete anymore with the rest of us